65-407 C.M.R. ch. 321, § 1 - DEFINITIONS

A. Aggregator. "Aggregator" means an entity that gathers individual customers together for the purpose of purchasing electricity, provided such entity is not engaged in the purchase or resale of electricity directly with a competitive electricity provider, and provided further that such customers contract for electricity directly with a competitive electricity provider.

B. Broker. "Broker" means an entity that acts as an agent or intermediary in the sale and purchase of electricity but that does not take title to electricity, provided such entity is not engaged in the purchase or resale of electricity directly with a competitive electricity provider, and provided further that customers contract for electricity directly with a competitive electricity provider.

C. Bulk Power System Administrator. "Bulk power system administrator" means ISO-NE or Northern Maine ISA.

D. Competitive Electricity Provider. "Competitive electricity provider" means a marketer, broker, aggregator or any other entity selling electricity to the public at retail in Maine.

E. Consumer-owned Utility. "Consumer-owned utility" means any transmission and distribution utility wholly owned by its consumers, as described in 35-M.R.S.A. §3201(6).

F. Deemed Load Profile. "Deemed load profile" means a load profile defined by engineering estimates.

G. Dynamic Load Profile. "Dynamic load profile" means a load profile whose hourly load levels are assigned no less frequently than daily based on actual conditions.

H. Investor-Owned Utility. "Investor-Owned Utility" means a large investor-owned transmission and distribution utility or a small investor-owned transmission and distribution utility, as described in 35-M.R.S.A. §3201(12) and 35-M. R.S.A. §3201(16).

I. ISO-NE. "ISO-NE" means the Independent System Operator of the New England bulk power system.

J. ISO-NE Control Area. "ISO-NE control area" means the area in which the ISO-NE operates the New England bulk power system.

K. Load Profile. "Load profile" means an estimate of the hourly load levels of a group of customers during a specified time period such as a day or a month, at the point of delivery, measured with either static metering or telemetering.

L. Maritimes Control Area. "Maritimes control area" means the area in which the New Brunswick Power Corporation operates the Maritimes bulk power system

M. Northern Maine ISA. "Northern Maine ISA" means the Independent System Administrator of the northern Maine retail markets.

N. Static Metering. "Static metering" means the reading or gathering of metered load data less frequently than daily, such as at the end of each month, to obtain hourly loads.

O. Static Load Profile. "Static load profile" means a load profile whose hourly load levels are assigned in advance.

P. Standard Offer Provider. "Standard offer provider" means a provider of standard offer service chosen pursuant to Chapter 301 of the Commission's rules.

Q. Summer. "Summer" means the months not defined as winter for a transmission and distribution utility's seasonally differentiated core rate classes. If a transmission and distribution utility has no seasonally differentiated core rate classes, "summer" means the months between and including April and October.

R. Telemetering. "Telemetering" means the remote reading or gathering of metered load data no less frequently than daily, to obtain hourly loads.

S. Transmission and Distribution Utility. "Transmission and distribution utility" means a person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by a court, owning, controlling, operating or managing a transmission and distribution plant for compensation within the state.

T. Winter. "Winter" means the months defined as winter for a transmission and distribution utility's seasonally differentiated core rate classes. If a transmission and distribution utility has no seasonally differentiated core rate classes, "winter" means the months between and including November and March.

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