Appeal of Zimmerman

I would hold that the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was correct in asserting jurisdiction over Mr. Zimmerman and well within its discretion to issue the limited regulatory orders in this case. The issue in this case is one of statutory interpretation. Allied N.H. Gas Co. v. Tri-State Gas Co., 107 N.H. 306, 307, 221 A.2d 251, 253 (1966). The interpretive context involves a statute, RSA 362:2 (1995), delegating broad regulatory powers. Id. at 308, 221 A.2d at 253. These regulatory powers necessarily are “circumscribed by the purposes which the statute seeks to accomplish.” Id.…