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| | | An Act To Allow Consumer-owned Utilities To Purchase Power |
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| | | at Negotiated Wholesale Rates, Terms and Conditions |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3207, sub-§1, ķA, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 316, §3, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | A. May sell retail generation service only within their | | respective service territories, and are authorized to | | purchase electric power and energy at wholesale, provided | | that the consumer-owned transmission and distribution | | utility complies with the requirements of section 3203, | | subsection 3 and section 3210, subsection 3, and to purchase | | such transmission and related services as may be required to | | effect the delivery of such power and energy to their | | respective service territories; and |
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| | | Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3212, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 638, §2, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 6. Consumer-owned utilities. Notwithstanding any other | | provision of this section, the commission is not required to | | conduct a competitive bidding process or select a standard-offer | | service provider or providers for the territory of a consumer- | | owned transmission and distribution utility if the consumer-owned | | transmission and distribution utility chooses one or more | | standard-offer service providers for its territory through a | | competitive bidding process conducted in accordance with the | | commission's rules governing the selection and criteria for | | approval of a standard-offer service provider, or if the | | consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility enters into |
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