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Co. of N.H., 122 N.H. 1062, 1075 (1982) (the PUC has “expertise and knowledge of the industries it regulates”).

Co. of N.H., 122 N.H. 1062, 1073 (1982) (PUC chair improperly initiated contact with a party to investigate facts relevant to the outcome).

Appeal of Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, 122 N.H. 1062, 1071 (1982).

Co. of N.H., 122 N.H. 1062, 1074, 454 A.2d 435, 442 (1982), the Due Process Clause does not prohibit communications that do not concern adjudicatory facts or the outcome of an adjudicatory proceeding, see Sierra Club, 657 F.2d at 405-08.

Co. of N.H., 122 N.H. 1062, 1071, 454 A.2d 435, 440 (1982) (citation and quotation omitted); see Eaton, 51 N.H. at 518 (“if the work is one of great public benefit, the public can afford to pay for it”) (quotation omitted).

As we have held in the past, the PUC’s authority is that which is “expressly granted or fairly implied by statute.” Appeal of Public Serv.

is the notion of fundamental fairness.” State v. Martin, 125 N.H. 672, 676, 484 A.2d 1176, 1179 (1984); see Appeal of Public Serv.

It is important to note at this juncture that “[ajdministrative due process is a flexible standard, and its requirements vary with the type of proceeding, the type of fact-finding, and the circumstances involved.” Appeal of Portsmouth Savings Bank, 123 N.H. 1, 4, 455 A.2d 1023, 1025 (1983); see also Appeal of Public Serv.

Co. of N.H., 122 N.H. 1062, 1068, 454 A.2d 435, 438 (1982) (findings of fact of the site *134 evaluation committee on siting, land use, and air and water quality-are binding on the PUC, which issues or denies certificate of site and facility for proposed Seabrook nuclear project after finding that certain requirements have been satisfied).

Co. of New Hampshire, 122 N.H. 1062, 1072, 454 A.2d 435, 441 (1982).

We have emphasized, however, that “[t]he PUC is nevertheless still free to *722 attach reasonable conditions to any future financings under RSA 369:1 as it properly finds to be ‘necessary in the public interest.’” Appeal of Public Serv.

See, e.g., RSA 495:1.” Appeal of Public Service Co. of N.H., 122 N.H. 1062, 1073-74, 454 A.2d 435, 442 (1982).

In a decision dated February 24, 1984, a majority of the commission reiterated its February 16 conclusion and cited Appeal of Public Service Company of New Hampshire, 122 N.H. 1062, 454 A.2d 435 (1982) as authority.

Co. of N.H., 122 N.H. 1062, 1071, 454 A.2d 435, 440 (1982), the present question was not then squarely before the court.

See, e.g., Appeal of Public Service Company of New Hampshire, 122 N.H. 1062, 454 A.2d 435 (1982); Appeal of Beyer, 122 N.H. 934, 453 A.2d 834 (1982).