Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 35-A, § 304 (2026)

Filing of schedules of rates, terms and conditions

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section ME-LEGlegislature.maine.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
Every public utility shall file with the commission, within a time to be fixed by the commission, schedules which shall be open to public inspection. The schedules shall show all rates, tolls and charges which the utility has established and which are in force at the time for any service performed by it within the State, or for any service in connection with or performed by any public utility controlled or operated by it or in conjunction with it. Every public utility shall file with and as part of its schedules all terms and conditions that in any manner affect the rates charged or to be charged for any service.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
Public utility schedules which were formerly designated as rules shall be designated as terms and conditions. All such schedules to be filed with the commission shall be designated as terms and conditions.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2008–2016 · leading case: Bruce D. Taylor v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 2016 ME 71 (Me. 2016).
Bruce D. Taylor v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 2016 ME 71 (Me. 2016). “Johnson, Maine Regulation of Public Utilities 105 (2008); see 35-A M.R.S. § 304 (2015). Thus, section 309 requires utilities to charge the tariff rate to all customers unless section 703 provides an exception.”
Friedman v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 48 A.3d 794 (Me. 2012). “18 Notice of Investigation: Pursuant to [35-A M.R.S. § 304 (2011) ], all public utilities are required to file their [Terms and Conditions of Service] with the Commission.”
Quiland, Inc. v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 2008 ME 135 (Me. 2008). · cites it 4× “[¶ 10] Title 35-A M.R.S. § 304 (2007) provides: Every public utility shall file with the [C]ommission, within a time to be fixed by the [Commission, schedules which shall be open to public inspection.”
N. New England Tel. Operations LLC v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 2013 ME 11 (Me. 2013). “The merger transaction between Verizon and FairPoint also required Commission approval pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. §§ 304, 1101, 1104 (2012), 35-A M.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.