CHAPTER 558

H.P. 1263 - L.D. 1741

An Act To Amend the Laws Relating To Requirements for

Competitive Electricity Providers

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3203, sub-§4, ¶D, as amended by PL 1999, c. 657, §18, is further amended to read:

D. May not telemarket services to the consumer if the consumer has filed with the commission a written request not to receive telemarketing from competitive electricity providers Must comply with all federal and state laws, federal regulations and state rules regarding the prohibition or limitation of telemarketing;

Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3203, sub-§4, ¶¶E and F, as amended by PL 1999, c. 657, §18, are further amended to read:

E. Must provide to the consumer within 30 days of contracting for retail service a disclosure of information provided to the commission pursuant to rules adopted under subsection 3 in a standard written format established by the commission; and

F. Must comply with any other applicable standards or requirements adopted by the commission by rule or order.; and

Sec. 3. 35-A MRSA §3203, sub-§4, ¶G is enacted to read:

G.__Must provide at least once annually to the consumer any information disclosures required by the commission by rule pursuant to subsection 3.