Code of Maine Rules › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 840 - INTERVENOR FUNDING › Section 407-840-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Award of Compensation
. "Award
				of compensation" means reimbursement by the utility or Commission of all
				reasonable attorney's fees, expert witness fees, and other reasonable costs
				incurred by the eligible intervenor in the preparation and advocacy of a
				position relating to an issue in a Commission proceeding or judicial review in
				a PURPA proceeding, as determined by the Commission in accordance with this
				Rule.
B.
Commission
.
				"Commission" means the Maine Public Utilities Commission.
C.
Commission Proceeding
.
				"Commission proceeding" means any proceeding conducted by the Commission under
				the authority of Title 35-A of the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated (M.R.S.A.)
				that relates, in whole or in part, to a PURPA or non-PURPA issue.
D.
Expert Witness Fees
. "Expert
				witness fees" means any documented costs incurred by an intervenor for the
				services of an expert witness in preparing and delivering testimony on an issue
				meeting the criteria for eligibility in Section
				2.
E.
Intervenor
. "Intervenor"
				means any person who is permitted to intervene in a Commission proceeding as
				provided for in Chapter 110 §
									8 of the Commission's Rules.
F.
Intervenor Funding
.
				"Intervenor funding" has the same meaning as award of compensation.
G.
Non-PURPA Issue
. "Non-PURPA
				issue" means any issue not relating to the implementation of a PURPA
				standard.
H.
Other Reasonable
				Expenses
. "Other reasonable expenses" means necessary out-of-pocket
				expenses incurred by the intervenor that are directly attributable to the
				intervenor's preparation, advocacy, and participation in a Commission
				proceeding, or judicial review of a PURPA proceeding, to the extent that such
				expenses are determined reasonable by the Commission.
I.
PURPA
. "PURPA" means the
				Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C.
				§2601
et seq
.
J.
PURPA Proceeding
. "PURPA
				proceeding" means any proceeding involving an electric utility in which the
				Commission either adopts a PURPA standard or directs the utility to take a
				definite action to carry out a PURPA standard.
K.
PURPA Standard
. "PURPA
				Standard" means any of the standards set forth in 16 U.S.C.
				§§2621(d)(1) -(19), 2623(b)(1)-(5), and 2624, as follows:
1 Ratemaking standards as established in 16
				U.S.C. §2621(d) of PURPA:
(a) Cost of
				service, 16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(1)
(b) Declining block rates, 16 U.S.C.
				§2621(d)(2)
(c) Time of day
				rates, 16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(3)
(d) Seasonal rates, 16 U.S.C.
				§2621(d)(4)
(e) Interruptible
				rates, 16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(5)
(f) Load management techniques, 16 U.S.C.
				§2621(d)(6)
(g) Integrated
				resource planning, 16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(7)
(h) Investments in conservation and demand
				management, 16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(8)
(i) Energy efficiency investments in power
				generation and supply, 16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(9)
(j) Consideration of the effects of wholesale
				power purchases on utility cost of capital; effects of leveraged capital
				structures on the reliability of wholesale power sellers; and assurance of
				adequate fuel supplies, 16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(10).
(k) Net metering, 16 U.S.C.
				§2621(d)(11).
(l) Fuel
				sources, 16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(12).
(m) Fossil fuel generation efficiency, 16
				U.S.C. §2621(d)(13).
(n)
				Time-based metering and communications, 16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(14).
(o) Interconnection, 16 U.S.C.
				§2621(d)(15).
(p) Integrated
				resource planning, 16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(16).
(q) Rate design modifications to promote
				energy efficiency investments, 16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(17).
(r) Consideration of smart grid investments,
				16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(18).
(s)
				Smart grid information, 16 U.S.C. §2621(d)(19).