Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4507 – Franchise area; restricted sale
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4507
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Natural gas pipeline utility: includes every person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court owning or operating for compensation within this State any pipeline, including pumping stations, storage depots and other facilities, for the transportation, distribution or sale of natural gas, or any person or corporation which has applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity or to the Public Utilities Commission for a certificate of authorization to operate a natural gas pipeline within the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Person: includes a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust, estate, any other legal entity or natural person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
A natural gas pipeline utility may not supply or sell natural gas to any person within the franchise area of another utility, which is authorized by the State to transmit or sell gas within the franchise area, except to that other utility, unless the other utility consents to the sale and the commission approves or the commission permits the sale, after notice and hearing. [PL 1987, c. 490, Pt. C, §11 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 490, §C11 (AMD).