| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3212, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 638, §1, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 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. The | | commission shall establish one form of standard-offer service | | for all customers of all transmission and distribution | | utilities, and this form must serve as a last-resort option | | for customers that are unable or elect not to purchase | | electricity from competitive electricity providers. |
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| | | This bill requires the Public Utilities Commission to | | establish a single standard-offer service that provides | | transmission and distribution of electricity and serves as a | | service of last resort for those customers that are unable or | | elect not to purchase their electricity from a competitive | | electricity provider. |
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