Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 322 - METERING, BILLING, COLLECTIONS, AND ENROLLMENT INTERACTIONS AMONG TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES AND COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY PROVIDERS › Section 407-322-9 - TRANSFER OF CUSTOMER DATA

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Transfer of
				Customer-Specific Data
1. Applicability
For purposes of this subsection, competitive electricity
				  providers include aggregators, brokers, and standard offer providers.
2. Provision of Customer-Specific
				Information
Upon request by a competitive electricity provider, the
				  transmission and distribution utility shall provide to the competitive
				  electricity provider a customer's kWh usage, maximum monthly demands (if
				  recorded for billing purposes), and other customer-specific information, agreed
				  upon by the competitive electricity provider and the transmission and
				  distribution utility, related to the customer's identity and usage, for each
				  billing period in the previous 12 months, to the extent that it is
				  available.
3. Charges
The transmission and distribution utility shall charge a
				  competitive electricity provider its incremental costs of providing all data
				  described in Section
				  9(A)(2) to the
				  competitive electricity provider. These costs shall not include development,
				  installation, maintenance, or training needs carried out by the transmission
				  and distribution utility in support of electronic data transfer. The costs and
				  terms of payment shall be contained in the contract between the transmission
				  and distribution utility and the competitive electricity provider.
4. Transfer of Additional Data
The transmission and distribution utility may provide a
				  competitive electricity provider with information not specified in Section
				  9(A)(2) and Section
				  9(B) at the request
				  of the competitive electricity provider in accordance with Section
				  2(B). The
				  transmission and distribution utility shall comply with such requests to the
				  greatest extent practicable.
5. Authorization
a. Before issuing a request to receive
				customer-specific information, a competitive electricity provider must obtain
				customer authorization . Customer authorization may be in writing, provided
				electronically, or occur through a notification in the competitive provider's
				terms of service document issued pursuant to Chapter 305. The notification
				shall specify that by becoming a customer of the competitive electricity
				provider, the customer authorizes the transmission and distribution utility to
				provide customer-specific information to the competitive electricity provider.
				The notification in the terms of service document must be conspicuous and
				precisely identify the information that may be provided. If customer
				authorization is provided electronically, the competitive electricity provider
				must maintain a security system sufficient to confirm the identify the
				customer.
b. Before providing
				customer-specific information to the competitive electricity provider, the
				transmission and distribution utility must obtain written evidence that the
				provider has complied with the customer authorization requirement. This
				requirement is satisfied by a contractual provision or a written certification
				that obligates the competitive electricity provider to seek customer-specific
				information from the utility only after complying with the customer
				authorization requirements contained in Commission rules.
c. This customer authorization provision does
				not apply to routine business data transferred pursuant to section
				9(B).