Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 313 - CUSTOMER NET ENERGY BILLING › Section 407-313-2 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Collocated.
"Collocated"
				means an eligible facility that is located on the same premise, property, or
				development area of a net energy billing customer facility or facilities that
				are subscribed to that eligible facility.
B.
Commercial or Institutional
				Customer.
"Commercial or institutional customer" means a nonresidential
				customer of an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility in
				Maine.
C.
Competitive
				Electricity Provider
. "Competitive electricity provider" means a
				supplier, marketer, broker, aggregator, or any other entity selling electricity
				supply that is not standard offer service to the public at retail in
				Maine.
D.
Consumer-owned
				Transmission and Distribution Utility
. "Consumer-owned transmission and
				distribution utility" has the same meaning as specified in Title 35-A, section
				3201(6) .
E.
Continuous
				On-site Construction Efforts.
"Continuous on-site construction efforts"
				means on-site physical work of a significant nature that occurs in every month
				until mechanical completion, except for delays in construction due to weather
				and ground conditions that prevent access by construction vehicles or
				equipment.
F.
Customer
. "Customer" means a person or an entity that takes
				electricity service through a transmission and distribution utility in
				Maine.
G.
Discrete Electric
				Generation Facility.
"Discrete electric generating facility" means a
				facility that is not sited at the same location or otherwise in geographic
				proximity to (i) another eligible facility or (ii) a distributed generation
				resource as defined in Chapter 312 of the Commission's rules in which there is
				a common financial or other interest that is contrary to the purpose of Title
				35-A, sections 3209- A, 3209-B, chapter 34-C.
H.
Effective Transmission and
				Distribution rate.
"Effective transmission and distribution rate" for a
				rate class means a rate per kilowatt-hour calculated as the sum of (a) all
				transmission and distribution revenue collected from customers in the rate
				class over a given period of time divided by the total kilowatt-hour usage of
				customers in that rate class over the same period of time.
I.
Eligible Facility
. "Eligible
				facility" means a discrete electric generating facility that uses a renewable
				fuel or technology as specified in Title 35-A, section 3210(2) (B-3) and is
				located in the service territory of a transmission and distribution utility in
				Maine.
J.
Financial
				Interest.
"Financial interest" means, with respect to an eligible
				facility, facility ownership or shared ownership, a lease agreement, a power
				purchase agreement, or other arrangements sufficient to represent a financial
				interest in an eligible facility.
K.
Investor-owned transmission and
				distribution utility.
"Investor-owned transmission and distribution
				utility" has the same meaning as in Title 35-A, section 3104 , subsection
				1, paragraph A.
L.
ISO-NE
. "ISO-NE" means the
				Independent System Operator of the New England bulk power system.
M.
Mechanical Completion.
"Mechanical completion" means that the eligible facility has been fully
				physically constructed and is ready for operation.
N.
Micro-Combined Heat and Power
				System
. "Micro-Combined Heat and Power System" means a system that:
1. Produces heat and electricity from one
				fuel input, without restriction to specific fuel or generating
				technology;
2. Has an electric
				generating capacity rating of at least one kilowatt and not more than 30
				kilowatts and a fuel system efficiency of not less than 80% in the production
				of heat and electricity or has an electric generating capacity of at least 31
				kilowatts and not more than 660 kilowatts and a fuel system efficiency of not
				less than 65% in the production of heat and electricity;
3. May work in combination with supplemental
				or parallel conventional heating systems;
4. Is manufactured, installed and operated in
				accordance with applicable government and industry standards; and
5. Is connected to the electric grid and
				operated in conjunction with the facilities of a transmission and distribution
				utility.