PORTLAND, Maine - Opponents of so-called "smart meters" installed by Central Maine Power have filed an appeal with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court regarding a finding by the Maine Public Utilities Commission that the devices are safe.
Attorney Bruce McGlauflin, representing those making the appeal, calls the PUC decision unusual, with an opinion from each of the commissioners deciding the case.
"They join in an ultimate conclusion, but one of the commissioners' findings are directly contrary, or contradictory, to the conclusion that he joins with the other commissioner," McGlauflin says.
PUC Chairman Mark Vannoy says, while the two commissioners took different paths, they basically reached the same conclusion: that the meters don't pose a credible threat and are therefore safe.
Attorney McGlauflin says his clients want the high court to find the PUC decision contrary to law.
