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Maine Administrative Code
Department 65 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONDivision 407 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Chapter 322 - METERING, BILLING, COLLECTIONS, AND ENROLLMENT INTERACTIONS AMONG TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES AND COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY PROVIDERS
Section 407-322-5 - METERING FOR GENERATION SERVICE AND FOR TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICE

65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 322, § 5

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Section 407-322-5 - METERING FOR GENERATION SERVICE AND FOR TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SERVICE
A. Meter Equipment
1. Standard Meter Installation

The transmission and distribution utility shall determine the standard meter to be installed for billing purposes at each customer's location and shall be solely responsible for its installation.

2. Nonstandard Meter Installation
a. The transmission and distribution utility shall install a nonstandard meter at the request of a competitive electricity provider. The transmission and distribution utility shall comply with requests for nonstandard meters and shall charge its reasonable incremental costs of owning, maintaining, and installing the nonstandard meter to the competitive electricity provider.
b. The transmission and distribution utility shall accommodate requests for nonstandard meters as quickly as practicable. The transmission and distribution utility shall prioritize installation requests by considering the order of requests, the complexity of implementation, and equity among customer groups.
c. A competitive electricity provider may install metering equipment at its customer's location in addition to the meter installed for billing purposes. Additional metering equipment shall be prohibited at the generation side of the customer's billing meter. The additional metering equipment shall not interfere with or in any way affect the operation of the meter installed for transmission and distribution billing purposes.
B. Meter Standards

Transmission and distribution utilities and competitive electricity providers shall comply with all national, state and company standards when owning, installing and maintaining meters.

C. Meter Reading
1. Meter Reading by Transmission and Distribution Utilities

The transmission and distribution utility shall read each customer's meter for the purpose of calculating transmission and distribution service bills, generation service bills, including standard offer service bills, and load estimations required by bulk power system administrators. The transmission and distribution utility shall provide to a competitive electricity provider the customer's usage since the last meter reading within 5 business days of the most recent meter reading.

2. Meter Reading by Competitive Electricity Providers

A competitive electricity provider may read its customer's meter, but, for the purpose of provider billing, it shall calculate and issue bills for generation service using the customer's usage provided by the transmission and distribution service in accordance with Section 5(C)(1).

3. Estimated Meter Reads

When a customer enrolls for generation service, including standard offer service, the transmission and distribution utility shall determine the customer's usage by performing a read of the meter unless physical circumstances make it impractical to do so. In all other instances, the transmission and distribution utility may estimate the usage since the last meter reading pursuant to the provisions in Chapter 81 of the Commission's rules.

65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 322, § 5