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Section 28 - Voluntary Telemetering Rate 28-A CHARACTER OF SERVICE Service is available under this Section to any COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY PROVIDER who desires that a CUSTOMER receiving generation service from that COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY PROVIDER be included in the TELEMETERED CUSTOMER GROUP for the purposes of SETTLEMENT. Service under this Term and Condition is optional and is in lieu of service provided under Sections 9-A and 9-B of the Company's Terms and Conditions. Service under this Term and Condition is made available pursuant to Chapter 321 § 3B of the Maine Public Utilities Commission's Rules. 28-B DEFINITIONS COMPANY PROVIDED TELEPHONE LINE SERVICE- A TELEMETERED SERVICE for which Bangor Hydro provides the telephone line, through a Local Exchange Carrier, necessary to connect the meter to the telephone system through which the meter is polled. COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY PROVIDER- has the definition set forth in Chapter 321 § 1D of the Maine Public Utilities Commission's Rules and is repeated here as: a marketer, broker, aggregator, or any other entity selling electricity to the public at retail in Maine. CUSTOMER - For purposes of this Section, an individual or entity that takes electric service from the Company under any CLASSIFICATION OF SERVICE as described in Section 1-A through 1-D of the Company's Terms and Conditions. CUSTOMER PROVIDED TELEPHONE LINE SERVICE- A TELEMETERED SERVICE for which the COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY PROVIDER provides the telephone line, through a Local Exchange Carrier, necessary to connect the meter to the telephone system through which the meter is polled. SETTLEMENT - For purposes of this Section, the estimation of hourly loads of Competitive and Standard Offer Providers supplying energy within Bangor Hydro's service territory. This information is required by ISO-New England to be provided to ISO-New England. TELEMETERED CUSTOMER GROUP - For purposes of this Section, those customers whose meters are polled daily so as to measure actual hourly loads instead of using estimated loads in SETTLEMENT. TELEMETERED SERVICE - An individual meter which usage is polled daily and individually undergoes SETTLEMENT as defined in Chapter 321 of the Maine Public Utilities Commission Rules. TELEMETERING SERVICE - The process of polling daily the usage of an individual meter and using that actual usage for SETTLEMENT as defined in Chapter 321 of the Maine Public Utilities Commission Rules. 28-C Charges for each TELEMETERED SERVICE covered under this Term and Condition will be billed to the COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY PROVIDER as follows:
28-D MANDATED TELEMETERING SERVICE The expenses for CUSTOMERS who are mandated to receive TELEMETERING SERVICE under Chapter 321 § 3A of the Maine Public Utilities Commissions Rules are recovered through tariff rates, not through this VOLUNTARY TELEMETERING RATE. COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY PROVIDERS incur no TELEMETERING SERVICE costs for their CUSTOMERS who are mandated to receive TELEMETERING SERVICE. 28-E FAILURE TO MAKE TIMELY PAYMENT A late payment charge in accordance with Section 4-F shall apply to the bills of COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY PROVIDERS obligated to make monthly charge payments under the terms of this Section. In the event
that a COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY PROVIDER becomes more than 30
days in arrears on payments equal to or greater than the value
of one month's VOLUNTARY TELEMETERING RATE Service for all TELEMETERED
SERVICES under that COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY PROVIDER, the COMPETITIVE
ELECTRICITY PROVIDER shall be in default and the Company shall
not be obligated to provide TELEMETERING SERVICE, until such
time as the account of the COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY PROVIDERS
is no longer in arrear Return
to Terms & Conditions Index Effective Date: April 9, 2002 Docket: 2001-484 Carroll R. Lee, President & Chief Operating Officer
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