65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 69, § 4
Until the date of completion of its next general rate case proceeding, a utility, other than a utility that has chosen to make no new investments in new extensions pursuant to 35-A M.R.S.A. §6106, following the effective date of its decision not to invest pursuant to that section, may bill to the municipality, or the public authority, the charge for public fire protection on a new main extension constructed in a municipally accepted public way after the effective date of the rule to which extension the first customer was connected after February 1, 1987, pursuant to the following formula:
TACR x FP
Where
TACR = Total average annual customer revenue for all customers connected directly to the extension, including public fire protection, as defined in Chapter 65, § 1(F).
FP = Percentage of utility's revenue requirement for fire protection determined pursuant to Section 2, above, or as otherwise ordered by the Commission.
Hydrants on a public way shall be installed at the spacing or locations agreed upon by the utility and the municipality when the extension is constructed, but the charges shall apply whether or not any hydrants are located on the main extension.
Until such time as the way on which a hydrant is located is accepted by a municipality or the municipality accepts responsibility for a hydrant as a public hydrant, the hydrant shall be considered private fire protection and shall be billed accordingly.
Any tariff provision that conflicts with this rule shall be null and void.
65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 69, § 4