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35-A M.R.S. §3133-B: Mandatory participation in regional transmission organization
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES
- PART 3: ELECTRIC POWER
- CHAPTER 31: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- SUBCHAPTER 2: ENERGY PLANNING; CONSTRUCTION; PURCHASES
1. Regional transmission organization; definition. For the purposes of this section, "regional transmission organization" has the same meaning as in section 10102, subsection 8.
2. Participation mandatory. Except as provided in subsection 3, a transmission and distribution utility may not own or control a transmission and distribution plant located in the State unless the transmission and distribution utility participates in a regional transmission organization.
3. Exceptions. The provisions of this section do not apply to:
A. A consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility as defined in section 3501, subsection 1; or
B. A transmission and distribution utility that owns or controls a transmission and distribution plant located in an area of this State in which the retail electricity market is administered by the independent system administrator for northern Maine.
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