An Act Establishing Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Certain Products Sold or Installed in the State
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1435
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_A_H370 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT A,,, to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H. P . 999, 
L.D. 1435, Bill, "An Act Establishing Minimum Energy Efficiency 
Standards for Certain Products Sold or Installed in the State" 
Amend the amendment by inserting after the 2nd paragraph 
after the title the following: 
'Further amend the bill in section 1 in that part designated 
"§360.L." in subsection 1 in the 2nd and 3rd lines (page 6, lines 
and 46 
in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: 
"testing .. 
certiUce,tion and enforcement" and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'test~ng and certification" 
Further amend the amendment by striking out everything after 
the 4th paragraph after the title and before the summary and 
inserting in its place the following: 
'Further amend the bill in section 1 by striking out all of 
those parts designated "§3603." to "§3606." 
Further amend the bill by striking out all of sections 2 to 
and inserting in their place the following: 
'Sec. 2. Rulemaking; energy efficiency standards; rebates. 
No 
later than January 1, 2006, the Public Utilities Commission shall 
adopt 
rules 
regarding 
efficiency 
standards 
and 
rebates 
for 
products 
listed in 
the 
Maine 
Revised Statutes, 
Title 
35-A, 
section 3602, subsection 1 and referred to in this section as 
"covered products." 
Rules adopted pursuant to this section are 
routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, 
chapter 
375, 
Page l-LRl179(7) 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT "H. to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 999, L.D. 
1435 
subchapter 2-A. For purposes of this section, "energy-efficient 
products" means 
covered products that meet or exceed the energy 
efficiency standards developed pursuant to subsection 1 of this 
section. 
1. 
The Public Utilities Commission shall adopt rules that 
establish 
efficiency 
standards 
for 
covered 
products. 
The 
commission 
may 
not 
require 
the 
purchase 
of energy-efficient 
products or prohibit the purchase or installation of covered 
products that do not meet the energy efficiency standards. 
2. 
The Public Utilities Commission shall adopt rules to 
implement a program to provide rebates to persons who purchase 
energy-efficient products. 
In establishing a rebate amount for 
an 
energy-efficient 
product, 
the 
commission 
shall 
make 
a 
reasonable effort to provide an amount that equalizes the price 
difference between energy-efficient products and those covered 
products 
that 
do 
not 
meet 
the 
energy 
efficiency 
standards 
developed pursuant to subsection 1 of this section. 
Funding for 
the rebates must be made available from the conservation program 
fund established pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
35-A, 
section 
32l1-A, 
subsection 
5. 
The 
commission 
shall 
advertise the program, including the amount of the rebates and 
the process for obtaining a rebate." 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes those provisions of the bill that 
require all covered products sold or installed in this State 
after January 1, 2007 and January 1, 2008, respectively, to meet 
or exceed energy efficiency standards developed by the Public 
Utilities 
Commission. 
Instead, 
this 
amendment 
requires 
the 
commission to develop energy efficiency standards for covered 
products by routine technical rulemaking. 
A person who purchases 
a covered product that meets or exceeds the energy efficiency 
standards developed by the c.ommission would be eligible for a 
rebate in an amount determined by the commission. 
The commission 
is required to set a rebate amount for each covered product that 
attempts 
to 
equalize 
the 
price 
difference 
between 
energy-efficient products and those products that do not meet the 
energy efficiency standards. 
SPONSORED BY: 
'. 7~ ~ 
(Representat~ TWOMEY) 
~ 
TOWN: 
Biddeford 
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