An Act To Reduce Costs for Businesses with Previous Utility Payment Records
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0732
Committee Amendment CA_A_S28 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 222, L.D. 732, Bill, "An Act To 
Reduce Costs for Businesses with Previous Utility Payment Records" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing the Public Utilities Commission To Adopt Rules Affecting Utility 
Deposits' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Deposits for new businesses started by owners of existing 
businesses with good credit histories. 
Resolved: 
That the Public Utilities 
Commission shall by rule require a transmission and distribution utility to consider a 
business owner's prior credit history with another transmission and distribution utility 
when determining whether to require a deposit for service to a new business of that 
business owner as long as the business owner requests this consideration and provides 
permission for the other transmission and distribution utility to share the credit history 
infonnation. The rules must require that the transmission and distribution utility consider 
the business owner's prior credit history with the other transmission and distribution 
utility in the same manner it would consider the prior credit history of a business owner 
located in its own service territory. 
Rules adopted pursuant to this resolve are routine technical rules as defined in the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
The amendment requires the Public Utilities 
Commission by rule. to require a transmission and distribution utility to consider a 
business owner's prior credit history with another transmission and distribution utility 
when detennining whether to require a deposit for service to a new business of that 
business owner as long as the business owner requests this consideration and provides 
permission for the other transmission and distribution utility to share the credit history 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE' AMENDMENT "A "to S.P. 222, L.D. 732 
information. The rules must require that the transmission and distribution utility consider 
the business owner's prior credit history with the other transmission and distribution 
utility in the same manner it would consider the prior credit history of a business owner 
located in its own service territory. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/24111 
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LD732 
LR 1884(02) 
An Act To Reduce Costs for Businesses with Previous Utility Payment Records 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ''i4'' 
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Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for rulemaking to require transmission and distribution 
utilities to consider the prior credit history of a business owner with other transmission and distribution utilities when 
determining whether to require a deposit in certain circumstances can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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