§ 35-A §3207 — Marketing; consumer-owned utilities

Maine § 35-A §3207

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES
• Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER
• Ch. 32: ELECTRIC INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING

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1.
Consumer-owned utilities; limitations.
Consumer-owned transmission and distribution utilities:
1-A.
Consumer-owned utilities in the northern Maine independent system administrator's area.
Notwithstanding subsection 1, a consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility with service territory within an area administered as of January 1, 2009 by the independent system administrator for northern Maine or any successor of the independent system administrator for northern Maine:
2.
Commission review of marketing within territory.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the commission by rule shall limit or prohibit sale of generation services by competitive providers within the service territory of a consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility if the commission determines that allowing such sales would cause the consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility to lose its tax-exempt status under federal or state law. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II‑A

Legislative History

PL 1997, c. 316, §3 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 141, §1 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 108, §1 (AMD).