Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC v. Public Utilities Commission

[¶ 1] Northern New England Telephone Operations LLC, d/b/a Fair-Point Communications-NNE (FairPoint), appeals from an order of the Public Utilities Commission (the 2012 order) determining how “addressability” will be measured when calculating FairPoint’s broadband buildout commitments in Maine. Those commitments originated in a 2008 Commission order (the merger order) that incorporated an amended stipulation presented by FairPoint and other parties. FairPoint primarily contends that the merger order constitutes a consent decree and that the Commission erred by failing to interpret the merger…