An Act Reducing Oversight Expense for Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants To Benefit Electric Ratepayers
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1342
Committee Amendment CA_A_S227 (Senate)
Amends: 22 MRSA §663

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A, to S.P. 469, L.D. 1342, Bill, "An 
Act Reducing Oversight Expense for Decommissioning Nuclear Power 
Plants To Benefit Electric Ratepayers" 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 2 by inserting at the 
end the following: 
'§4396. 
Interim SJ]ent Fuel Storage Facilit:!' Oversight Fund 
The 
Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility Oversight Fund, 
refened to in this section as "the fund." is established as a 
nonlapsing fund w~thin the Office of the Public Advocate. 
All 
fees paid under this subchapter are collected by the Public 
Advocate for deposit in the fund. 
The Public Advocate shall 
oversee the fund and may disburse amounts in the fund to agencies 
or to other appropriate state funds in order to payor contribute 
to the payment of costs incurred by agencies with respect to 
federal or state proceedings; safety, radiation and environmental 
monitoring; 
and security or other oversight-related activities 
related to the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant or the 
development 
or 
operation of 
an 
interim 
spent 
fuel 
storage 
facility in this State. 
The Public Adyocate shall keep an annual 
accounting 
of 
all 
funds 
received 
by 
the 
fund 
and 
all 
disbursements from the fund and shall make 
a 
report of this 
accounting to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters by the 
first Monday in February of each year. I 
Further amend the bill in Part B by striking out all of 
section 3. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
to S.P. 469, L.D. 1342 
Further 
amend 
the bill by 
inserting after Part 
C 
the 
following: 
'PARTD 
Sec. D-l. 22 MRSA §663, as amended by PL 1997, c. 686, §4 and 
PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is repealed. 
Sec. D-2. Effective date. 
This Part takes effect September 30, 
2006. 
PARTE 
Sec. 
E-l. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
EXEetr.rIVE DEPABDIENT 
Public Advocate 
0410 
The 
following 
Initiative: 
Allocates funds for the payment of costs incurred by 
agencies 
related to the decommissioning of the Maine Yankee 
nuclear power plant. 
or.BER SPECIAL REVENUE FORDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2005-06 
$270,000 
$270,000 
2006-07 
$217,500 
$217,500' 
Further amend the bill by relettering 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
consecutively. 
or renumbering any 
number 
to 
read 
SUMMARY 
This amendment preserves the position of the State Nuclear 
Safety Inspector through September 30, 
2006. 
This amendment 
also establishes a fund within the Office of the Public Advocate 
to receive the unified state assessment on the licensee operating 
an interim spent fuel storage facility in this State. 
The Public 
Advocate is directed to disburse amounts in the fund to agencies 
or to other appropriate state funds in order to payor contribute 
to the payment of costs incurred by agencies with respect to 
federal or state proceedings; safety, radiation and environmental 
monitoring; 
and security or other oversight-related activities 
related to the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant or the 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A .. to S.P. 469, L.D. 1342 
development 
or 
operation of 
an 
interim 
spent 
fuel 
storage 
facility in this State. 
The Public Advocate is required to 
keep 
an annual accounting of all funds received by the fund and all 
disbursements 
from 
the 
fund 
and 
to 
make 
a 
report 
of this 
accounting to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters by the 
first Monday in February of each year. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05106/05 ~ae 
LD 1342 
LR0570(02) 
An Act Reducing Oversight Expense for Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants To Benefit Electric 
Ratepayers 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment tA 
Committee: Utilities and Energy 
Appropriations! Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2005-06 
2006-07 
$270,000 
$217,500 
($33,750) 
($187,500) 
Projections 
2007-08 
$170,000 
($235,000) 
Projections 
2008-09 
$170,000 
($235,000) 
This legislation establishes a new dedicated fund within the Office of the Public Advocate to receive post-
decommissioning oversight fees imposed on Maine Yankee. The fund will receive revenue of $270,000 in fiscal year 
2005-06, $217,500 in fiscal year 2006-07 and $170,000 each year thereafter. The funds will be disbursed to the State 
Nuclear Safety Advisor at the Division of Health Engineering, the Bureau of Health, the Maine State Police, the 
Maine Emergency Management Agency, the Public Advocate and the Department of Environmental Protection to 
reimburse for costs associated with decommissioning of the nuclear power plant. An allocation has been included to 
accomplish this. 
The bill would also reduce Department of Health and Human Services revenue by $303,750 in fiscal year 2005-06 and 
$405,000 each year thereafter ($180,000 for the State Nuclear Safety Inspector, $90,000 for the Health and 
Environmental Testing Lab, and $135,000 for the Radioactive Waste Fund). The bill does not eliminate the State 
Nuclear Safety Inspector and therefore the allocation is not reduced as much as the revenue. These costs would need 
to be funded from the new Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility Oversight Fund or from existing department resources. 
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