Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 306 - UNIFORM INFORMATION DISCLOSURE › Section 407-306-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Aggregate
. "Aggregate" means
				to organize individual electricity consumers into a group or entity for the
				purpose of purchasing electricity on a group basis.
B.
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.
C.
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 such customers
				contract for electricity directly with a competitive electricity
				provider.
D.
Commission
. "Commission" means the Maine Public Utilities
				Commission.
E.
Competitive
				Electricity Provider
. "Competitive electricity provider" means a
				marketer, broker, aggregator, and any entity selling electricity to the public
				at retail.
F.
Customer
. "Customer" means any person who has applied for, been
				accepted or is receiving generation service from a competitive electricity
				provider for retail use. This term includes an applicant to a competitive
				electricity provider when the context so indicates.
G.
Generation Service
.
				"Generation service" means the provision of electric power to a retail customer
				through a transmission and distribution utility but does not encompass any
				activity related to the transmission or distribution of that power.
H.
GIS
. "GIS" means the NEPOOL
				Generation Information System or successor system.
I.
GIS Certificates
. "GIS
				certificates" mean certificates created pursuant to the NEPOOL Generation
				Information System that represent attributes of electric power and that may be
				traded separately from the energy commodity.
J.
ISO-NE
. "ISO-NE" means the
				Independent System Operator of the New England bulk power system or successor
				organization
K.
ISO-NE
				Control Area
. "ISO-NE control area" means the area in which the ISO-NE
				operates the New England bulk power system.
L.
Maritimes Control Area
.
				"Maritimes control area" means the area in which the New Brunswick Power
				Corporation operates the Maritimes bulk power system.
M.
Residential and Small Commercial
				Customers
. "Residential and small commercial customers" means customers
				subject to the consumer protection provisions in Chapter 305, section 4 of the
				Commission's rules.
N.
Standard Offer Provider
. "Standard Offer Provider" means a
				provider of standard offer service chosen pursuant to Chapter 301 of the
				Commission's rules.
O.
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.