Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4706-B – Assistance programs for low-income customers
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1. Programs. Each gas utility in the State that serves 5,000 or more residential customers shall offer low-income assistance programs for residential customers who satisfy criteria for low-income assistance as established by the commission in rule. To the maximum extent possible, a gas utility, in adopting and implementing a low-income assistance program under this section, shall seek to encourage conservation in the use of gas by program participants.
[PL 2009, c. 35, §2 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4706-B
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Gas utility: includes every person, that person's lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court owning, controlling, operating or managing any gas plant for compensation within this State, except when gas is made or produced on and distributed by the maker or producer through private property alone solely for its own tenants and not for sale to others, or when the gas is sold solely for use in vehicles fueled by natural gas or to a liquid gas system that serves fewer than 10 customers as long as no portion of the liquid gas system is located in a public place or that serves a single customer if the liquid gas system is located entirely on the customer's premises. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
2. Cost recovery. The commission shall include in rates for a gas utility all costs incurred in compliance with this section and commission rules adopted under this section, as long as such costs have been prudently incurred.
[PL 2009, c. 35, §2 (NEW).]
3. Rules. The commission may adopt rules necessary to implement this section. Rules adopted under this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2?A.
[PL 2009, c. 35, §2 (NEW).]
4. Report. The commission shall report on low-income assistance programs offered by gas utilities pursuant to this section within the annual report required under section 120.
[PL 2009, c. 35, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2009, c. 35, §2 (NEW).