Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 35-A, § 1321 (2026)

Orders altered or amended

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The commission may at any time rescind, alter or amend any order it has made including an order fixing any rate or rates, tolls, charges or schedules of a public utility or an order relating to matters within the jurisdiction of the commission with respect to a competitive electricity provider only if it gives the public utility or competitive electricity provider and all parties to the original proceeding, to the extent practical, written notice and after opportunity for those parties to present evidence or argument, as determined appropriate by the commission. Certified copies of amended orders must be served and take effect as provided for original orders. Nothing in this section is intended to grant to the commission authority to establish or approve the rates charged by competitive electricity providers.   [PL 2021, c. 659, §10 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 226, §4 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 398, §A22 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 398, §§A104,105 (AFF). PL 2021, c. 659, §10 (AMD).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2003–2020 · leading case: Verizon New England, Inc. v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 2005 ME 16 (Me. 2005).
Verizon New England, Inc. v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 2005 ME 16 (Me. 2005). · cites it 2× “See 35-A M.R.S.A. § 1321 (Pamph.2004); see generally 2 Field, McKusick & Wroth, Maine Civil Practice § 80.”
Competitive Energy Servs. LLC v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 2003 ME 12 (Me. 2003). “In addition, "[t]he Commission may at any time rescind, alter or amend any order it has made 35-A M.R.S.A. § 1321 (Pamph.2002). The action taken by the Commission on June 11 in the new proceeding is not reviewed in this appeal.”
Houlton Water Co. v. Pub. Utilitites Comm'n, 2016 ME 168 (Me. 2016). “[¶20] In contrast, a different statute, 35-A M.R.S. § 1321 (2015), provides that “[t]he commission may at any time rescind, alter or amend any order it has made.”
N. New England Tel. Operations LLC v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 2013 ME 11 (Me. 2013). “§ 1321 (2012) (granting the Commission the authority to “rescind, alter or amend any order it has made” at any time so long as it gives notice to the utility and the par *1150 ties to the original proceeding). The Commission’s 2010 order amended the merger order by, among other…”
Avangrid Network, Inc. v. Sec'y of State (Me. Super. Ct 2020). “The parties have presented further arguments in support of their respective positions, but the foregoing is sufficient to demonstrate that the separation of powers issue is a question deserving of serious consideration.”
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