65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 396, § 2

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 407-396-2 - DEFINITIONS

A.Assessments."Assessments" means the assessments made by the Commission pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. § 10110(4).

B.Commission. "Commission" means the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

C.Efficiency Maine Trust."Efficiency Maine Trust" means the entity established by Legislature pursuant to Title 35-A, section 10103(1) for the purposes of developing, planning, coordinating and implementing energy efficiency and alternative energy resources programs in the State.

D.External Funds."External Funds" means funds received by or due to the transmission and distribution utilities from external sources, including Maine Yankee Funds or other proceeds from legal actions that have been or will be transferred to the Efficiency Maine Trust.

E.Long-Term Contract Funds."Long-Term Contract Funds" mean amounts transferred from transmission and distribution utilities to the Efficiency Maine Trust pursuant to Commission order in Docket No. 2012-00408 or other Commission orders pursuant to Title 35-A, section 3210-C.

F.Maine Yankee Funds."Maine Yankee Funds" means funds pursuant to a damage award received by transmission and distribution utilities pursuant to litigation with the United States Department of Energy concerning the removal and storage of spent nuclear fuel related to the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company.

G.Procurement Order."Procurement Order" means an order of the Commission directing transmission and distribution utilities to transfer funds to the Efficiency Maine Trust for purposes of electric efficiency and conservation program funding pursuant to Title 35-A, section 10110, subsection (4-A).

H.Transmission and Distribution Utility. "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.

I.Triennial Plan."Triennial Plan" means the Efficiency Maine Trust's energy efficiency plan required under Title 35-A, section 10104, subsection 4.

65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 396, § 2