An Act To Establish Minimum Service Standards for Electric Utilities
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0834
Committee Amendment CA_A_H109 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 608, L.D. 834, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish Minimum Service Standards for Electric Utilities" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §3106 in the first paragraph in the first line (page 1, 
line 4 in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
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and inserting the following: 'Except as 
provided in subsection 3. the' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §3106 in subsection 1 in paragraph A in the first line 
(page 1, line 9 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "interruptions to service" and 
inserting the following: 'service interruptions' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in § 3106 by striking out all of subsection 2 (page 1, lines 
to 20 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
12. Service standards; corrective actions. The commission shall adopt rules that set 
standards for transmission and distribution utilities regarding the frequency and dqration 
of service interruptions. 
The rules must establish performance targets and specify 
guidelines for the commission to require a transmission and distribution utility to take 
corrective actions if performance targets are not met. 
3. Exception; small utilities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section. 
the commission may exempt small transmission and distribution utilities from any rule. or 
portion of a rule. required by this section if the commission determines that the rule 
would impose unreasonable requirements on the utility due to the small size of the utility. 
For the purposes of this subsection, "small transmission and distribution utility" means a 
transmission and distribution utility serving 50,000 or fewer retail customers.' 
SUMMARY 
The amendment changes the provision in the bill regarding the metrics for evaluating 
service interruptions for transmission and distribution utilities and the threshold for 
requiring corrective action. 
Rather than calculating a statewide average service 
interruption rate and establishing the threshold for corrective action at 50% above that 
statewide average, as in the bill, the amendment requires the Public Utilities Commission 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A "to H.P. 608, L.D. 834 
by rule to set standards regarding the frequency and duration of service interruptions, 
establish performance targets and specify guidelines for requiring corrective action by a 
utility. 
The amendment authorizes the commission to exempt transmission and 
distribution utilities serving 50,000 or fewer customers from rules regarding service 
interruption reporting and standards. 
r:IS.CAL NOTE REQVJRED 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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LD834 
LR 828(02) 
An Act To Establish Minimum Service Standards for Electric Utilities 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 1f { H-/ {}7) 
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Any additional costs to the Public Utilities Commission as a result of changes to the rnles regarding standards for the 
interruption of electrical service are anticipated to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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