The Me. legislature passed a bill (HB-1088) to give the state PUC...
The Me. legislature passed a bill (HB-1088) to give the state PUC more power to punish violators of its rules and regulations. Under the bill sent to Gov. John Baldacci (D), the PUC would have authority to: (1) Fine…
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violators up to $25,000 per day per offense or up to $500,000 maximum daily for a group of related offenses. (2) Fine regulated utilities up to $500,000 for failure to obey a PUC rule or order. (3) Suspend or revoke a utility’s state certificate if it found the offender had failed to provide proper service at just and reasonable rates. (4) Order immediate cessation of service if an offender had failed to obtain state operating authority. The legislature sent Baldacci another telecom bill (HB-1056) that would require that owners of PBXs and other private multiline telephone systems provide E911 call centers with whatever data were required to pinpoint the location of an extension telephone that called 911.