1. Property and service outside the State. Except as provided in subsection 2 for transmission and distribution utilities, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a public utility is not required to apply to the commission for authority to issue stocks, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness for the acquisition of property, for the purposes of carrying out its corporate powers, the construction, completion, extension or improvement of its facilities, or the improvement or maintenance of its service, outside the State.

[PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §20 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §§104, 105 (AFF).]

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 906

  • Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Public utility: includes every gas utility, natural gas pipeline utility, transmission and distribution utility, telephone utility, water utility and ferry, as those terms are defined in this section, and each of those utilities is declared to be a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Transmission and distribution utility: means a person, its lessees, trustees or receivers or trustees appointed by a court, owning, controlling, operating or managing a transmission and distribution plant for compensation within the State, except where the electricity is distributed by the entity that generates the electricity through private property alone solely for the use of:
2. Exception: Transmission and distribution utilities. Notwithstanding subsection 1, this chapter applies to any domestic transmission and distribution utility acquiring and operating utility facilities outside the State for the purpose of serving customers within the State.

[PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §20 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §§104, 105 (AFF).]

3. Domestic electric utility.

[PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §20 (RP); PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §§104, 105 (AFF).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 710, §4 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 398, §A20 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 398, §§A104,105 (AFF).