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bill NO. _____________
INTRODUCED
BY _________________________________________________
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT providing for advanced conductor cost-effectiveness criteria; allowing advanced conductor RATE BASING; providing a definition; and PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
NEW SECTION. Section 1. Criteria for allowable advanced conductor programs. (1) The commission may approve cost-effectiveness criteria for advanced conductor projects that may be placed into a utility's rate base under this part.
(2) Criteria must be based on established direct current resistance at standard pressure and a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius.
(3) As used in this section, "advanced conductor" means an overhead electricity conductor installed in a transmission or distribution project that has a direct current electrical resistance at least 10% lower than similar existing conductors on the system.
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 69, chapter 3, part 7, and the provisions of Title 69, chapter 3, part 7, apply to [section 1].
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.