Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§9-B, as amended by PL 1979, c. 520, §5, is further amended to read:

9-B. Residential electricity. Sale of the first 750 940 kilowatt hours of residential electricity per month. For the purpose of this subsection, "residential electricity" shall mean means electricity furnished to homes, mobile homes, boarding homes and apartment houses, with the exception of hotels and motels. Where residential electricity is furnished through one meter to more than one residential unit and where the electric utility applies its tariff on a per unit basis, the furnishing of electricity shall be deemed is considered a separate sale for each unit to which the tariff applies;

SUMMARY

This bill increases the amount of residential electricity use exempt from the sales tax from 750 kilowatt hours to 940 kilowatt hours a month.