An Act To Promote Green Power Use at State Buildings
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0785
Committee Amendment CA_A_H41 (House)
Committee: State and Local Government is authorized to submit legislation related to the plan

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A " to H.P. 601, L.D. 785, Bill, "An Act To 
Promote Green Power Use at State Buildings" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in § 1766-A in the first paragraph in the first line (page 1, 
line 4 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "or state-leased" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 2. Plan to improve renewable electrical use in state-leased buildings 
and renewable heating sources for state-owned and state-leased buildings. 
The chair of the Energy Resources Council, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 5, section 3327, and the Director of the Bureau of General Services within the 
Department of Administrative and Financial Services shall develop a plan to increase the 
use of renewable electricity sources in state-leased properties. The plan must include a 
specific goal for expanded energy use in space leased by the State, encourage landlords to 
provide electricity from renewable resources and require newly leased space to be 
supplied with electricity from renewable resources. The plan must also include the extent 
to which state-owned and state-leased buildings are heated using renewable resources, 
strategies to increase the level of heating from renewable resources and a specific goal to 
be implemented by 2010. The plan, including suggested legislation, must be submitted to 
the Joint Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy and the Joint Standing Committee 
on State and Local Government by December 15,2007. The Joint Standing Committee 
on State and Local Government is authorized to submit legislation related to the plan.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment removes the requirement that state-leased buildings must consume 
electricity from renewable resources by 2010. 
The chair of the Energy Resources 
Council and the Director of the Bureau of General Services within the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services must develop a plan to increase the use of 
electricity from renewable resources in state-leased buildings. The plan must include a 
specific goal, strategies to increase the use of electricity from renewable resources and a 
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requirement for newly leased space to be supplied with power from renewable resources. 
In addition, the plan must examine the extent to which state-owned and state-leased 
buildings are heated using renewable resources and strategies to increase that. The plan 
must be submitted to the Joint Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy and the Joint 
Standing Committee on State and Local Government by December 15,2007. The Joint 
Standing Committee on State and Local Government is authorized to submit legislation. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 03122/07 frac 
LD785 
LR 1967(02) 
An Act To Promote Green Power Use at State Buildings 
Fiscal Note for Committe Amendment ,It,, 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
The additional costs associated with developing a plan to increase the use of renewable electricity sources in state-
leased properties can be absorbed by the Energy Resources Council and the Bureau of General Services within the 
Department of Administrative and Financial Services utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
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