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LD 343 Title Page An Act To Reduce the Electric Bill of Persons Requiring Daily Use of Electric O... LD 343 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3104 is enacted to read:

 
§3104. Charges when oxygen pump used

 
A person who for health reasons must use an electric oxygen
pump for a minimum of 8 hours a day every day may submit
documentation from a doctor attesting to that fact to the
commission in an application to direct that person's
transmission and distribution utility and competitive service
provider to remove from that person's bill the amount
attributable to the cost of serving the electric oxygen pump.__
The commission by rule shall establish procedures to implement
this section.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are
routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375,
subchapter 2-A.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill allows a person who uses an electric oxygen pump
for a minimum of 8 hours a day every day to apply to the
Public Utilities Commission to direct that person's
transmission and distribution utility and competitive
electricity provider to remove from that person's bill the
amount attributable to the cost of serving the electric oxygen
pump.


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