The purpose of this Chapter is to implement the requirements of 35-A M.R.S.A. §4711. Section 4711 requires all natural gas utilities in the State that serve 5,000 or more residential consumers to implement gas conservation programs.
This Chapter describes how and for whom natural gas utilities must implement cost effective gas conservation programs. The Chapter also defines the standards by which the Commission will judge programs to be cost effective.
95- 648 C.M.R. ch. 480, § 1