Two Maine lawyers are looking to file a class-action lawsuit against Central Maine Power.

Our info partners at CBS 13 News report the suit stems from complaints from customers in recent months about disconnect notices sent out during the winter. The utility must seek approval from Maine’s Public Utilities Commission before disconnecting most residential customers between November 15th and April 15th. The PUC says they did not approve disconnecting those customers.

The complaints have led to another investigation by the PUC, and now a suit being filed by lead counsel Philip Coffin of Lambert Coffin and Sumner Lipman of Law Offices of Sumner Lipman.

In a press release sent out Tuesday, Coffin and Lipman said the notices explicitly claimed the utility could disconnect a customer without PUC approval during the winter months, and by sending the notices, were able to get customers to pay money for bills they didn’t owe in some cases:

“Customers were forced, during the coldest months and during snow storms, to make a choice between heat, medicine and food. CMP’s actions were reprehensible.”

CMP says they’re conducting their own internal investigation and will fully cooperate with the PUC’s investigation.