Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 321 - LOAD OBLIGATION AND SETTLEMENT CALCULATIONS FOR COMPETITIVE PROVIDERS OF ELECTRICITY › Section 407-321-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Aggregator. "Aggregator" means an entity
				that gathers individual customers together for the purpose of purchasing
				electricity, provided such entity is not engaged in the purchase or resale of
				electricity directly with a competitive electricity provider, and provided
				further that such customers contract for electricity directly with a
				competitive electricity provider.
B. Broker. "Broker" means an entity that acts
				as an agent or intermediary in the sale and purchase of electricity but that
				does not take title to electricity, provided such entity is not engaged in the
				purchase or resale of electricity directly with a competitive electricity
				provider, and provided further that customers contract for electricity directly
				with a competitive electricity provider.
C. Bulk Power System Administrator. "Bulk
				power system administrator" means ISO-NE or Northern Maine ISA.
D. Competitive Electricity Provider.
				"Competitive electricity provider" means a marketer, broker, aggregator or any
				other entity selling electricity to the public at retail in Maine.
E. Consumer-owned Utility. "Consumer-owned
				utility" means any transmission and distribution utility wholly owned by its
				consumers, as described in 35-M.R.S.A. §3201(6).
F. Deemed Load Profile. "Deemed load profile"
				means a load profile defined by engineering estimates.
G. Dynamic Load Profile. "Dynamic load
				profile" means a load profile whose hourly load levels are assigned no less
				frequently than daily based on actual conditions.
H. Investor-Owned Utility. "Investor-Owned
				Utility" means a large investor-owned transmission and distribution utility or
				a small investor-owned transmission and distribution utility, as described in
				35-M.R.S.A. §3201(12) and 35-M. R.S.A. §3201(16).
I. ISO-NE. "ISO-NE" means the Independent
				System Operator of the New England bulk power system.
J. ISO-NE Control Area. "ISO-NE control area"
				means the area in which the ISO-NE operates the New England bulk power
				system.
K. Load Profile. "Load
				profile" means an estimate of the hourly load levels of a group of customers
				during a specified time period such as a day or a month, at the point of
				delivery, measured with either static metering or telemetering.
L. Maritimes Control Area. "Maritimes control
				area" means the area in which the New Brunswick Power Corporation operates the
				Maritimes bulk power system
M.
				Northern Maine ISA. "Northern Maine ISA" means the Independent System
				Administrator of the northern Maine retail markets.
N. Static Metering. "Static metering" means
				the reading or gathering of metered load data less frequently than daily, such
				as at the end of each month, to obtain hourly loads.
O. Static Load Profile. "Static load profile"
				means a load profile whose hourly load levels are assigned in
				advance.
P. Standard Offer
				Provider. "Standard offer provider" means a provider of standard offer service
				chosen pursuant to Chapter 301 of the Commission's rules.
Q. Summer. "Summer" means the months not
				defined as winter for a transmission and distribution utility's seasonally
				differentiated core rate classes. If a transmission and distribution utility
				has no seasonally differentiated core rate classes, "summer" means the months
				between and including April and October.
R. Telemetering. "Telemetering" means the
				remote reading or gathering of metered load data no less frequently than daily,
				to obtain hourly loads.
S.
				Transmission and Distribution Utility. "Transmission and distribution utility"
				means a person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by a
				court, owning, controlling, operating or managing a transmission and
				distribution plant for compensation within the state.
T. Winter. "Winter" means the months defined
				as winter for a transmission and distribution utility's seasonally
				differentiated core rate classes. If a transmission and distribution utility
				has no seasonally differentiated core rate classes, "winter" means the months
				between and including November and March.