Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3140 – Regulation of foreign electric utility
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1. Foreign electric utility to notify commission before acting within this State. A foreign electric utility shall, before constructing, purchasing, owning, controlling, operating, managing or otherwise participating in a joint or common interest in a utility facility within this State:
A. Notify the commission in writing of the action to be taken by the utility; and [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
B. Provide any information reasonably required by the commission under section 3132. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
[PL 1997, c. 316, §2 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3140
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Foreign electric utility: means any entity organized under the laws of a state other than this State, or a province of Canada, that is authorized under the laws of the state or province in which it is organized to generate, transmit or distribute electricity, or to own, operate or otherwise participate in utility facilities or interests in utility facilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131
- in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Utility facility: means an item of plant used or useful in the transmission and distribution utility business, and includes, but is not limited to, such items of plant as transmission lines, office buildings and equipment and transportation equipment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131
2. Annual report of foreign electric utility. After giving notice under subsection 1, a foreign electric utility shall:
A. Annually file with the commission a copy of the annual report filed by it with the appropriate regulatory agency of the State where its operations are principally located; and [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
B. Furnish to the commission from time to time such other information with respect to its activities within this State as the commission may reasonably require. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
[PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
3. Registered office and agent; service of process. A foreign electric utility:
A. Shall designate and continuously maintain in this State a registered office and a registered agent in accordance with Title 5, section 105; and [PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §3 (AMD); PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).]
B. Is subject to service of process, notice or demand as provided in Title 5, section 113. [PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §3 (AMD).]
[PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §3 (AMD); PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).]
4. Certificate of agency with regulatory jurisdiction over foreign electric utility. Upon the filing with the commission of a certificate of the appropriate regulatory agency of the state of domicile or principal locus of a foreign electric utility, or of the United States, stating either that the agency has regulatory jurisdiction over the issuance of stocks, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness payable more than 12 months from date of issue by that foreign electric utility to finance a utility facility in this State or that the agency has general supervision of that foreign electric utility in the conduct of its electric utility business, that foreign electric utility may not be deemed a “transmission and distribution utility” as defined in section 102, subsection 20?B, merely by reason of the exercise by it of the authority granted in former section 3139.
[PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §54 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §§104, 105 (AFF).]
5. Exemption.
[PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §55 (RP); PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §§104, 105 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 316, §2 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 710, §7 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 398, §§A54,55 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 398, §§A104,105 (AFF). RR 2001, c. 2, §B55 (COR). RR 2001, c. 2, §B58 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §3 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).