Court upholds Maine cable bill law
AUGUSTA– The United States Supreme Court has declined to review a challenge to Maine’s first-in- the- nation consumer protection law requiring cable companies to prorate customers’ final month of service.
The law was passed by the legislature and was originally set to go into effect in September 2020.
It was stalled when Spectrum filed a suit in federal court.
By declining to hear Spectrum’s petition , the Supreme Court has effectively upheld the legality of the law.
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said ” Just as it would be unacceptable for a restaurant to charge for undelivered food or Amazon to charge for an undelivered package, large cable companies should not be permitted to charge for cable that is not provided. I’m thrilled that customers will no longer have to pay after they cancel their subscriptions. I strongly encourage Mainers who didn’t get what they were owed going back to September 2020 to request their refunds.”
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