65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 301, § 6

Current through 2024-25, June 19, 2024

Section 407-301-6 - Information Provided by Transmission and Distribution Utilities to Potential Bidders

A.Required Information

Each transmission and distribution utility shall provide to potential standard offer bidders the following information on a date specified by the Commission. The Commission may direct that the information be provided through either the Commission's or the utilities' website :

1. monthly demand and energy consumption data, as defined by the Commission, for each standard offer class and transmission and distribution utility customer class.

2. number of customers in each standard offer class and core customer class and the number of customers taking standard offer service within each customer class.

3. representative load shapes for each profile group as defined in Chapter 321 by month.

4. other information as determined by the Commission to be necessary or useful to standard offer bidders.

B.General Requirements and Conditions

1.Aggregation

All information required to be provided by subsection A shall be provided on an aggregate class basis. Individual customer information shall not be provided.

2.Historic Data Period

All information provided will reflect usage during a period of time specified by the Commission. Information describing factors that would cause the information to be unrepresentative of electricity usage in the transmission and distribution service territory during the standard offer period shall also be provided.

3.Due Care; Corrections

Transmission and distribution utilities shall use due care in compiling the information for their service territory with the understanding that bidders will be relying on the data to formulate standard offer bids. Transmission and distribution utilities shall have the duty to correct any inaccuracies promptly upon discovery.

4.Affiliated Interests

Investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities shall not provide any information to an affiliated competitive provider that is not provided to all potential standard offer bidders for its service territory. Consumer-owned transmission and distribution utilities shall provide all information that it uses in preparing its standard offer bids to interested standard offer bidders. All transmission and distribution utilities must comply with codes of conduct contained in or adopted pursuant to 35-A M.R.S.A. §§3205, 3206 and 3207.

5.Electronic Form; Standard Software

Transmission and distribution utilities shall provide all information in electronic form usable by standard personal computer software packages.

6.Scope and Format

The Commission shall determine the scope and detail of the information required by subsection A and subsection B, paragraphs 1 and 2, and the format required by subsection B, paragraph 5.

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