An Act To Decrease Energy Costs on Swans Island and Frenchboro
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2041
Committee Amendment CA_A_H708 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " 
to H.P. 1425, L.D. 2041, Bill, "An Act To 
Decrease Energy Costs on Swans Island and Frenchboro" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency preamble (page 1, lines 1 to 9 in 
L.D.). 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Swans Island Electric Cooperative, Inc.; authority to sell power 
under certain circumstances. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
35-A, section 3207, subsection 1, paragraph B, the Swans Island Electric Cooperative, 
Inc., a consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility serving Swans Island and the 
Town of Frenchboro, may sell wholesale generation service in order to reduce its cost of 
providing retail service as long as the total power production capacity of the generation 
resources producing such service does not exceed 3 megawatts. The governing body of 
the cooperative may not construct or acquire any generation resource to be used in the 
sale of wholesale generation service unless it has obtained the approval of the members of 
the cooperative by a majority vote in a referendum conducted in accordance with this 
section. The referendum must be called, advertised and conducted according to the law 
relating to municipal elections, except the registrar of voters is not required to prepare or 
the clerk to post a new list of voters. The referendum may be held outside the service 
territory of the cooperative if the usual voting place for persons who are members of the 
cooperative is outside the service territory of the cooperative. The results must be 
declared by the governing body of the cooperative and entered in the cooperative's 
records. Due certificate of the results must be filed with the Secretary of State. Failure of 
approval by the majority of voters voting at the referendum does not prevent subsequent 
referenda from being held for the same purpose. The costs of referenda are borne by the 
cooperative. ' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency clause (page I, lines 17 and 18 in 
L.D.). 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "H" to H.P. 1425, L.D. 2041 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment limits the 
authority of the Swans Island Electric Cooperative, Inc. to sell electricity in the wholesale 
market by placing a 3-megawatt limit on the production capacity of any generation 
resource operated by the cooperative. The amendment also requires that the cooperative 
obtain the approval of its membership by a majority vote in a referendum prior to 
constructing or acquiring any generation resource to be used in the sale of wholesale 
generation service. The amendment also removes the emergency preamble and 
emergency clause from the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 02/26/08 itVac.. 
LD 2041 
LR 3114(02) 
An Act To Decrease Energy Costs on Swans Island and Frenchboro 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "R " 
Committee: Utilities and Energy 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Any additional costs resulting from this legislation can be absorbed by the Public Utilities Commission utilizing 
existing budgeted resources. 
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