17. Every municipality operating an electricity system may, with the prior approval of the municipalities interested and of the Board, sell electricity to and in the territory of any other municipality in Québec whose territory is situated within a radius of 48 km from its territory, and, for such purposes, to establish any energy transmission and distributing system outside its own territory.
R. S. 1964, c. 186, s. 18; 1984, c. 47, s. 213; 1996, c. 2, s. 950.