69-5-113. Service to new subdivisions. (1) Except as provided in 69-5-108, if two or more electric facilities providers have lines in general proximity to a new subdivision, electric service to the new subdivision must be apportioned by drawing a series of vectors through the subdivision equidistant from the lines of each electric facilities provider with that part of the subdivision closest to an electric facilities provider's line receiving service from that electric facilities provider.
(2) Nothing in this section prohibits electric facilities providers from agreeing among themselves on how to provide service to a new subdivision.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 231, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 69. Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 5. Power and Energy Companies
Part 1. Territorial Integrity for Electric Suppliers
69-5-105. Service to new consumers
69-5-106. Electric service facilities to large customers
69-5-107. Customer-owned facilities
69-5-108. Agreements between electric facilities providers
69-5-109. Special provisions for annexed areas
69-5-110. Jurisdiction of district courts over disputes
69-5-112. Commission jurisdiction over agreements
69-5-113. Service to new subdivisions
69-5-114. Review by independent consultant
69-5-115. through 69-5-120 reserved