Section 407-395-2 - Purposes and ApplicabilityA.Purposes. The purposes of this Chapter are to ensure construction of safe and reliable electric distribution line extensions, to allow competition in the construction of line extensions to occur in an equitable and economically efficient manner, to govern ownership of line extensions, to allocate construction costs among users of a line extension, to establish a methodology for setting electric distribution line extension charges for transmission and distribution utilities, and to establish the responsibility for the installation, cost, ownership and maintenance of service drops.B.Applicability. The provisions of this Chapter apply to T&D utilities, to private line extension contractors, and to customers that own and/or connect to line extensions or service drops.65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 395, § 2