An Act To Enhance Pine Tree Development Zones LR2622(03)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1692
Committee Amendment CA_B_S447 (Senate)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §3210-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,B" to S.P. 624, 
Act To Enhance Pine Tree Development Zones" 
L.D. 1692, Bill, "An 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 7 -A by inserting 
after the first paragraph and before the blocked paragraph a new 
blocked paragraph to read: 
'Stranded 
costs 
not 
recovered 
from 
qualified 
Pine 
Tree 
Deyelopment Zone businesses as a result of this subsection are 
not borne by other ratepayers but must be paid from a surcharge 
imposed by the commission on electricity generated in this State 
that is not needed to meet the electric demand of consumers in 
this State. 
The commission shall establish the surcharge on a 
periodic basis in an amount sufficient to pay transmission and 
distribution utilities the amount of stranded cost payments that 
would have been paid to the utilities by qualified Pine Tree 
Development Zone businesses but for the exemption provided by 
this subsection. 
The commission shall assess generators on the 
basis of electricity generation that the commission determines to 
be in excess of in-state electricity demand and shall collect the 
surcharge 
and 
make 
payment 
to 
transmission 
and 
distribution 
utilities in an administratively simple manner. ' 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the 
following: 
'Sec. 3. 35-A MRSA §3210-A is enacted to read: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,(3 .. to S.P. 624, L.D. 1692 
§32l0-A. 
Electricity benefits 
Notwithstanding section 3210, the sale of electricity by a 
competitive 
electricity 
provider 
to 
a 
qualified 
Pine 
Tree 
Development Zone business established under Title 30-A is exempt 
from the requirements of that section and, at the request of the 
competitive electricity provider, sales to qualified Pine Tree 
Development Zone businesses must be excluded from any calculation 
by the commission to determine compliance with that section.' 
This amendment, 
Standing Committee 
following. 
SUMMARY 
which is the minority report of the Joint 
on Utilities and Energy, 
accomplishes the 
1. 
It provides that the sale of electricity to qualified 
Pine Tree Development Zone businesses is exempt from renewable 
portfolio requirements. 
2.· It requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish 
a surcharge on electricity generated in this State that is not 
needed to meet the electric demand of consumers in this State. 
The 
surcharge is to 
be 
used 
to 
reimburse 
transmission 
and 
distribution utilities for stranded costs that are not collected 
from qualified Pine Tree Development Zone businesses as a result 
of the rate exemption established by the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 03111104 ;::b?ac:.. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1692 
An Act To Enhance Pine Tree Development Zones 
LR2622(03) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee AmendmentB" " 
Committee: Utilities and Energy 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Minority Report 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Additional costs to the Public Utilities Commission regarding utility rate reduction proceedings can be absorbed by 
the commission utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
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