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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
Second Special Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 555
S.P. 235 - L.D. 671

An Act To Facilitate the Development of Cost-effective Distributed Electricity Generation in the State

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3210-A is enacted to read:

§3210-A. Small generator aggregation

     1. Standard-offer service provider purchase requirement. In accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this section, the commission, at the request of the owner or operator of a generator with a capacity of 5 megawatts or less, shall:

The requirements of this subsection apply only if they can be accomplished in a manner that is financially neutral to standard-offer service providers.

     2. Transmission and distribution utility administration. Transmission and distribution utilities shall administer the purchase and sale of electricity required under this section. Administrative costs incurred by a transmission and distribution utility under this subsection must be paid, in a manner established by the commission, by the generators of the electricity the purchase and sale of which the utility administers.

     3. Rules. The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section, including, but not limited to, rules identifying how the commission assigns purchasing obligations to particular standard-offer service providers and the timing and manner of such obligations. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Effective July 30, 2004, unless otherwise indicated.

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