Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 301 - STANDARD OFFER SERVICE › Section 407-301-1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Scope of Rule
The following provisions shall govern all standard offer
				  service and the process for selecting standard offer providers, except to the
				  extent they are modified as permitted under §
										10.
B.
Definitions
1.
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.
2.
Competitive Electricity
				Provider
Competitive electricity provider means a marketer, broker,
				  aggregator or any other entity selling electricity to the public at retail in
				  Maine.
3.
Consumer-Owned Transmission and Distribution Utility
Consumer-owned transmission and distribution means any
				  transmission and distribution utility wholly owned by its consumers, including,
				  but not limited to:
a. the
				transmission and distribution portion of a rural electrification cooperative
				organized under Title 35-A, chapter 37;
b. the transmission and distribution portion
				of an electrification cooperative organized on a cooperative plan under the
				laws of the State;
c. a municipal
				or quasi-municipal transmission and distribution utility;
d. the transmission and distribution portion
				of a municipal or quasi-municipal entity providing generation and other
				services; and
e. a transmission and
				distribution utility wholly-owned by a municipality.
4.
Core Customer Classes
Core customer classes means customer classes of a
				  transmission and distribution utility which are not optional rate
				  classes.
5.
Large,
				Investor-Owned Transmission and Distribution Utility
Large, investor-owned transmission and distribution utility
				  means an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility serving more than
				  50,000 retail customers.
6.
Maritimes Control Area
Maritimes control area means the area in which New Brunswick
				  Power Corporation operates the Maritimes bulk power system.
7.
Northern Maine
Northern Maine means the area of Maine that is located in the
				  Maritimes control area.
8.
Retail Access
Retail access means the right of a retail consumer of
				  electricity to purchase generation service from a competitive electricity
				  provider.
9.
Standard
				Offer Service
Standard offer service means electric generation service
				  provided to any electricity consumer who does not obtain electric generation
				  service from a competitive electricity provider or who has terminated service
				  from a competitive electricity provider.
10.
Standard Offer Classes
Standard offer classes means the customer groupings within a
				  transmission and distribution utility service territory as specified in section
				  2(A)(2).
11.
Standard Offer
				Provider
Standard offer provider means an entity selected pursuant to
				  Section
				  8 to provide all or a specified
				  portion of electric generation service to consumers receiving standard offer
				  service.
12.
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.