| This bill amends the laws governing the service territory of |
| Kennebunk Light and Power District to include the entire Town of |
| Kennebunk and overrides those provisions of the Maine Revised |
| Statutes, Title 35-A that may be read to require the permission |
| of the Public Utilities Commission for the extension of the |
| district's service either by purchase of existing facilities or |
| by construction of new facilities to portions of the Town of |
| Kennebunk that it does not presently serve. The bill authorizes |
| the district to fund the cost of a lease or purchase of tangible |
| assets through the use of a rate surcharge to be paid by its |
| retail customers in the subject area. |