§ 935 Purpose and authorities – Article I
§ 936 General implementation – Article II
§ 937 Party jurisdiction responsibilities – Article III
§ 938 Limitation – Article IV
§ 939 Licenses and permits – Article V
§ 940 Liability – Article VI
§ 941 Supplementary agreements – Article VII
§ 942 Workers’ compensation and death benefits – Article VIII
§ 943 Reimbursement – Article IX
§ 944 Evacuation – Article X
§ 945 Implementation – Article XI
§ 946 Severability – Article XII
§ 947 Inconsistency of language – Article XIII

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 37-B > Chapter 16-A - International Emergency Management Assistance Compact

  • 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
  • Common disaster: A sudden and extraordinary misfortune that brings about the simultaneous or near-simultaneous deaths of two or more associated persons, such as husband and wife.
  • Corridor: means an area no greater than 1/2 mile in width in which a proposed transmission line is to be located. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131
  • Cost-effective: means , with respect to nonwires alternatives, that benefits exceed costs, as determined by benefit-cost analysis conducted pursuant to section 3132?C, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131
  • Customer: includes any person, government or governmental division which has applied for, been accepted and is currently receiving service from a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Domestic transmission and distribution utility: means any entity organized under the laws of this State to transmit or distribute electricity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • 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
  • High-impact electric transmission line: means a transmission line greater than 50 miles in length that is:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Nonwires alternative: includes but is not limited to energy efficiency and conservation measures, energy storage, load management, demand response and distributed generation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131
  • Nonwires alternative coordinator: means the person or entity providing services under contract to the Office of the Public Advocate as described in section 1701, subsection 2?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131
  • 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
  • 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
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • 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
  • Transmission 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. 102
  • Transmission capacity: means an entitlement to transmission services over a transmission line with a capacity greater than 100 kilovolts for periods greater than 3 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131
  • 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