Maine Revised Statutes > Title 35-A > Part 3 > Chapter 36 – Community-Based Renewable Energy
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- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Community-based renewable energy project: means a locally owned electricity generating facility that generates electricity from an eligible renewable resource. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Eligible renewable resource: means a renewable capacity resource as defined in section 3210, subsection 2, paragraph B?3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602
- in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Locally owned electricity generating facility: means an electricity generating facility at least 51% of which is owned by one or more qualifying local owners. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602
- Municipal officers: means the mayor and municipal officers or councilors of a city, the members of the select board or councilors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Net generating capacity: means the output of a generating facility delivered to the transmission and distribution utility system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602
- Person: includes a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust, estate, any other legal entity or natural person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Program participant: means a community-based renewable energy project that is participating in the community-based renewable energy pilot program established in section 3603. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602
- Qualifying local owner: means a person or entity that is:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602Transmission and distribution utility: means a person, its lessees, trustees or receivers or trustees appointed by a court, owning, controlling, operating or managing a transmission and distribution plant for compensation within the State, except where the electricity is distributed by the entity that generates the electricity through private property alone solely for the use of:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72