Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4709 – Natural gas unbundling
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1. Commission rulemaking. In order to foster the unbundling of natural gas services and the development of a competitive natural gas supply market in the State, the commission shall consider the need for and may adopt rules in the following areas:
A. The need to license gas marketers; [PL 1999, c. 143, §3 (NEW).]
B. The need for a code of conduct governing the relationship between a gas utility and an affiliated gas marketer to prevent the affiliated gas marketer’s exercise of market power and to ensure fair competition among all gas marketers; [PL 1999, c. 143, §3 (NEW).]
C. The need for regulations to protect consumers from abusive practices by gas marketers; and [PL 1999, c. 143, §3 (NEW).]
D. Any other subject of natural gas unbundling that requires additional regulation. [PL 1999, c. 143, §3 (NEW).]
[PL 1999, c. 143, §3 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4709
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Gas marketer: means an entity that sells natural gas to retail consumers in the State. 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. Major substantive rules. Rules adopted under this section are major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II?A.
[PL 1999, c. 143, §3 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1999, c. 143, §3 (NEW).