§ 1501 Utility liable for civil damages
§ 1502 Contempt
§ 1507-A False statements
§ 1508-A Administrative penalty
§ 1509 Limitation on imposing penalty
§ 1510-A Disposition of administrative penalty
§ 1511 Revocation; suspension
§ 1512 Unauthorized service
§ 1513 Divestiture of underperforming transmission and distribution utility

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 35-A > Part 1 > Chapter 15 - Sanctions and Administrative Penalties

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Commissioner: means one of the members of the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dark fiber provider: means a person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating or managing federally supported dark fiber that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Local exchange carrier: means any person that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange access. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Person: includes a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust, estate, any other legal entity or natural person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Public utility: includes every gas utility, natural gas pipeline utility, transmission and distribution utility, telephone utility, water utility and ferry, as those terms are defined in this section, and each of those utilities is declared to be a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transmission and distribution utility: means a person, its lessees, trustees or receivers or trustees appointed by a court, owning, controlling, operating or managing a transmission and distribution plant for compensation within the State, except where the electricity is distributed by the entity that generates the electricity through private property alone solely for the use of:
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Voice service provider: means any person providing, directly or indirectly, 2-way voice communications service for compensation in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Wholesale competitive local exchange carrier: means a local exchange carrier, other than an incumbent local exchange carrier, that provides a wholesale telecommunications service but does not provide telephone exchange service to a retail subscriber. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72