Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 35-A > Part 3 > Chapter 33-A - Microgrids

• Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
• Distributed energy resources: means small-scale electrical generation sources located close to where the generated electricity is used, energy storage resources, energy efficiency resources or demand response resources. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3351
• New microgrid: means a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources within clearly defined electrical boundaries that acts as a single controllable entity with respect to the electric grid and can connect and disconnect from the electric grid to enable the new microgrid to operate in both electric grid-connected mode and nongrid-connected mode, referred to in this chapter as "island mode" and that is constructed after October 1, 2020. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3351
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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
• 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: