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An Act To Prohibit Certain Wheeling Charges for the Transmission of Electricity
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  35-A MRSA §3183  is enacted to read:
§ 3183. Wheeling charges; prohibition
An investor-owned transmission and distribution utility located in an area administered by the independent system administrator for northern Maine or any successor of the independent system administrator for northern Maine may not charge a person generating or selling electricity for the transmission, or wheeling, of that electricity to or from Canada over the utility's transmission system. The commission may adopt rules to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
 
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility located in an area administered by the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator from charging a person generating or selling electricity for the transmission, or wheeling, of that electricity to or from Canada over the utility's transmission system.