Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3217 – Reports
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1. Annual restructuring report.
[PL 2023, c. 77, §8 (RP).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3217
- Abutting property: means , with respect to a parcel of land, another parcel of land that shares a common property boundary, except that "abutting property" does not include a parcel of land separated from another parcel by a public road or highway. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Competitive electricity provider: means a marketer, broker, aggregator or any other entity selling electricity to the public at retail, but does not include an electric vehicle charging station or an entity that generates electricity solely for the use of:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201Entity: means a person or organization, including but not limited to any political, governmental, quasi-governmental, corporate, business, professional, trade, agricultural, cooperative, for-profit or nonprofit organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 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. Public utility: includes every gas utility, natural gas pipeline utility, transmission and distribution utility, telephone utility, water utility and ferry, as those terms are defined in this section, and each of those utilities is declared to be a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Transmission and distribution plant: means all real estate, fixtures and personal property owned, controlled, operated or managed in connection with or to facilitate the transmission, distribution or delivery of electricity for light, heat or power for public use and includes all conduits, ducts and other devices, materials, apparatus and property for containing, holding or carrying conductors used, or to be used, for the transmission or distribution of electricity for light, heat or power for public use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
2. Proposed changes. If the commission determines, after providing interested parties an opportunity to be heard, that any provision in this chapter is not in the public interest, the commission shall present a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utility matters stating the basis for the commission’s conclusion and including draft legislation designed to modify this chapter consistent with the public interest.
[PL 1997, c. 316, §3 (NEW).]
3. Independent system operator. The commission shall monitor events in the region pertaining to:
A. The development of an independent system operator with responsibility for transmission reliability; [PL 1997, c. 316, §3 (NEW).]
B. The management of competitive access to the regional transmission system; and [PL 1997, c. 316, §3 (NEW).]
C. Rights to negotiate potential contracts between sellers and buyers of electricity. [PL 1997, c. 316, §3 (NEW).]
If the commission determines that there exists insufficient independence on the part of the independent system operator from any provider of wholesale transmission, competitive electricity provider or electric utility, or if it determines any other problem threatens regional transmission reliability, the commission shall provide a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utility matters with a recommendation as to what actions within the authority of the State are available to remedy this problem.
[PL 1997, c. 316, §3 (NEW).]
4. Direct sales. Beginning in 2022 and every 3 years thereafter, the commission shall include in its report pursuant to section 120, subsection 7, information regarding the incidence of direct sales of electricity by an entity that generates electricity to commercial or industrial consumers located on the property where the entity that generates the electricity is located or on abutting property or on a commercial or industrial site that was served by the entity that generates the electricity or its predecessor without using the transmission and distribution plant of a public utility prior to December 31, 2018.
[PL 2019, c. 205, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1997, c. 316, §3 (NEW). PL 2001, c. 528, §2 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 122, §15 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 205, §6 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 77, §8 (AMD).