Delaware § 1009 - Reciprocity.

Full text of Delaware Delaware Code § 1009 — Reciprocity., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 1009. Reciprocity.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, unless an electric utility, including a municipally-owned electric utility or a municipal electric company, has implemented a restructuring plan that provides for retail competition in its Delaware service territory, such electric utility may not use the transmission or distribution facilities of a nonaffiliated electric utility to make sales to customers in such nonaffiliated electric utility’s Delaware service territory; nor shall such electric utility own or receive, directly or indirectly, any economic interest in any entity which uses the transmission or distribution facilities of a nonaffiliated electric utility to make sales to customers in such nonaffiliated electric utility’s Delaware service territory.

72 Del. Laws, c. 10, §  3; 

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What does Delaware Code § 1009 cover?

Section 1009 ("Reciprocity.") is part of the Delaware Code, the codified statutory law of Delaware. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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