Petition of Fryeburg Co.

The basis upon which the Commission denied an increase in rates as to New Hampshire consumers was apparently the fact that the new source of supply was needed “to give adequate service to the Fryeburg consumers”; that “no rate increase would have been needed if the Ward Hill Spring had not been developed for the benefit of the Fryeburg customers”; and that since the new source was not required in order to adequately supply the New Hampshire consumers, no “material benefits [accrued] to [them] from this added investment.” It is the company’s position that the Commission’s failure to consider…