Nashua v. Public Utilities Commission

The plaintiff attacks the power of the Public Utilities Commission after investigation under RSA 378:57, to allow the utility’s increased water rates which were filed on November 5, 1957 (RSA 378:1) to be applied to bills issued for the full last quarter of the year. The plaintiff does not question the right of the utility to increased rates but only the effective date thereof. Since the increased rates as filed became effective December 31, 1957, and were to apply to all bills rendered on or after January 1, 1958, it is claimed that this is a retroactive increase in violation of the…