| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3218 is enacted to read: |
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| §3218. Washington County Electricity Agency |
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| | 1.__Established.__The Washington County Electricity Agency, | referred to in this section as the "agency," is established as a | public aggregator, broker or marketer for consumers of | electricity located within Washington County. |
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| | 2. Powers.__The agency is authorized to: |
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| A. Enter into agreements with consumers in Washington County | to serve as an aggregator, broker or marketer on their | behalf beginning on March 1, 2000; and |
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| B. Negotiate and enter into agreements with competitive | electricity providers to purchase power on behalf of or | broker the purchase of power by consumers served by the | agency beginning on March 1, 2000. |
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| | 3. Commissioners; chair.__The affairs of the agency must be | managed by a board of 8 commissioners who must be residents of | Washington County and elected as follows: |
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| A. One commissioner is elected by the voters within House | District 131, within Washington County, as defined in Title | 21-A, section 1204, subsection 131, paragraph B; |
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| B. One commissioner is elected by the voters within House | District 133, as defined in Title 21-A, section 1204; |
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| C. One commissioner is elected by the voters within House | District 134, as defined in Title 21-A, section 1204; |
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| D. One commissioner is elected by the voters within House | District 135, as defined in Title 21-A, section 1204; |
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| E. One commissioner is elected by the voters within House | District 136, in Washington County, as defined in Title 21- | A, section 1204, subsection 136, paragraph C; and |
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| F. Three commissioners are elected at large by the voters | within Washington County. |
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| The commissioners shall select annually, at their first meeting | on or after the first day of January, a chair to act for one | year. |
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| | 4. Elections; terms; vacancies.__The first commissioners of | the agency must be elected on the Tuesday following the first | Monday of November in 1999.__Elected and qualified commissioners |
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