S.P. 740 - L.D. 2018
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3212, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 316, §3, is amended to read:
When Except as provided in subsection 6, when retail access begins, the commission shall ensure that standard-offer service is available to all consumers of electricity.
Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3212, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
6. Consumer-owned utilities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the commission is not required to conduct a competitive bidding process or select a standard-offer service provider or providers for the territory of a consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility if the consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility chooses one or more standard-offer service providers for its territory through a competitive bidding process conducted in accordance with the commission's rules governing the selection and criteria for approval of a standard-offer service provider. Selection of a standard-offer service provider or providers and agreements with or purchases from a standard-offer service provider or providers are not subject to the approval requirements of section 3133 or 3133-A. A consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility may choose a single standard-offer service provider. A consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility that intends to choose a standard-offer service provider or providers in accordance with this subsection shall notify the commission.
Effective June 30, 1998, unless otherwise indicated.
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