An Act To Prohibit Certain Wheeling Charges for the Transmission of Electricity

Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3183  is enacted to read:

§ 3183.  Wheeling charges; prohibition

An investor-owned transmission and distribution utility located in an area administered by the independent system administrator for northern Maine or any successor of the independent system administrator for northern Maine may not charge a person generating or selling electricity for the transmission, or wheeling, of that electricity to or from Canada over the utility's transmission system. The commission may adopt rules to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

summary

This bill prohibits an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility located in an area administered by the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator from charging a person generating or selling electricity for the transmission, or wheeling, of that electricity to or from Canada over the utility's transmission system.