If the commission determines that an investigation of any transmission line rebuilding or relocation project is warranted, it shall notify the electric utility within 60 days of the annual filing and the electric utility shall then be required to comply with the provisions of this section with respect to that project. The absence of commission notification requiring the utility to file a petition does not preclude such notification in subsequent years.

3-A. Minor transmission line construction projects. Each domestic electric utility shall file annually with the commission a schedule of minor transmission line construction projects that it intends to carry out during the next 5 years concerning transmission lines that will be capable of operating at 100 kilovolts or more. A minor transmission line construction project is a transmission line construction project, the cost of which does not exceed 25% of the utility's current annual transmission property depreciation charge. The schedule must describe each project, showing the length, location and estimated cost.

If the commission determines that an investigation of any minor transmission line construction project is warranted, it shall notify the electric utility within 60 days of the annual filing and the electric utility must then comply with the provisions of this section with respect to that project. The absence of commission notification requiring the utility to file a petition does not preclude such notification in subsequent years.

For purposes of this subsection only, the term "domestic electric utility" does not include an entity that is not an electric utility as a result of the application of section 102, subsection 6-A.

4. Corridor of proposed transmission line. The electric utility or utilities shall submit a map to the commission with its application. The map must:

A. Be available to the public at the offices of the commission and at the local town office where any portion of the proposed transmission line is to be located;