CHAPTER 601
H.P. 1697 - L.D. 2403
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3202, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. D, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
4. Electric billing and metering services. The commission by rule may provide for competition in the provision of electric billing and metering services. The commission in its rules shall establish terms and conditions for such competition including which services are subject to competition and which customers will receive competitive services.
If the commission provides for competition for any billing or metering services, the commission shall:
A. Establish in its rules minimum standards necessary to protect consumers of such services and codes of conduct governing the relationship among transmission and distribution utilities providing such services, any affiliates of transmission and distribution utilities providing such services and providers of such services that are not affiliated with a transmission and distribution utility; and
B. Determine each transmission and distribution utility's costs of providing such services as reflected in consumer rates, including capital costs, depreciation, operating expenses and taxes, and shall separate this portion of the consumer rate into a separate charge.
Rules adopted under this subsection are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.
Effective August 11, 2000, unless otherwise indicated.
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