65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 301, § 1
The following provisions shall govern all standard offer service and the process for selecting standard offer providers, except to the extent they are modified as permitted under § 10.
Aggregator means an entity that gathers individual customers together for the purpose of purchasing electricity, provided such entity is not engaged in the purchase or resale of electricity directly with a competitive electricity provider, and provided further that such customers contract for electricity directly with a competitive electricity provider.
Competitive electricity provider means a marketer, broker, aggregator or any other entity selling electricity to the public at retail in Maine.
Consumer-owned transmission and distribution means any transmission and distribution utility wholly owned by its consumers, including, but not limited to:
Core customer classes means customer classes of a transmission and distribution utility which are not optional rate classes.
Large, investor-owned transmission and distribution utility means an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility serving more than 50,000 retail customers.
Maritimes control area means the area in which New Brunswick Power Corporation operates the Maritimes bulk power system.
Northern Maine means the area of Maine that is located in the Maritimes control area.
Retail access means the right of a retail consumer of electricity to purchase generation service from a competitive electricity provider.
Standard offer service means electric generation service provided to any electricity consumer who does not obtain electric generation service from a competitive electricity provider or who has terminated service from a competitive electricity provider.
Standard offer classes means the customer groupings within a transmission and distribution utility service territory as specified in section 2(A)(2).
Standard offer provider means an entity selected pursuant to Section 8 to provide all or a specified portion of electric generation service to consumers receiving standard offer service.
Transmission and distribution utility means a person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by a court, owning, controlling, operating or managing a transmission and distribution plant for compensation within the State.
Standard offer service shall be available to any consumer who does not obtain electric generation service from a competitive electricity provider. Standard offer service is not available to an electricity consumer in amounts less than the consumer's total retail electricity purchases, except that, if a consumer has multiple service accounts with a transmission and distribution utility, standard offer service is available for amounts corresponding to one or more specified accounts.
65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 301, § 1