An Act To Improve Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1061
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: BLISS, HINCK, BARTLETT, HOBBINS, NUTTING, FITTS, FLETCHER
Amends: 35-A MRSA §3210

124th MAINE LEGISLATURE· 
Legislative Document 
No. 1061 
S.P.395 
In Senate, March 17, 2009 
An Act To Improve Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard 
Reference to the Committee on Utilities and Energy suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator BLISS of Cumberland. 
Cosponsored by Representative HINCK of Portland and 
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JOY 1. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the' Senate 
Senators: BARTLETT of Cumberland, HOBBINS of York, NUTTING of Androscoggin, 
Representatives: FITTS of Pittsfield, FLETCHER of Winslow . 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§3-A, CUA, as corrected by RR 2007, c. 2, §20, 
is amended to read: 
A. Except as provided in paragraph B, beginning January 1, 2008, as a condition of 
licensing pursuant to section 3203, each competitive electricity provider in this State 
must demonstrate in a manner satisfactory to the commission that the percentage of 
its portfolio of supply sources for retail electricity sales in this State accounted for by 
new renewable capacity resources is as follows: 
(1) One percent for the period from January 1, 2008 to December 31,2008; 
. (2) Two percent for the period from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009; 
(3) Three percent for the period from January 1, 2010 to December 31,2010; 
(4) Four percent for the period from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011; 
(5) Five percent for the period from January 1, 2012 to December 31,2012; 
(6) Six percent for the period from January 1, 2013 to December 31,2013; 
(7) Seven percent for the period from January 1, 2014 to December 31,2014; 
(8) Eight percent for the period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015; 
(9) Nine percent for the period from January 1, 2016 to December 31,2016; and 
(10) Ten percent for the period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. 
New renewable capacity resources used to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph 
may not be used to satisfy the requirements of subsection 3. 
The competitive 
electricity provider of a' new renewable capacity resource used to 'satisfy the 
requirements of this paragraph must supply all of the electricity from its renewable 
resource generating facility to the New England Power Pool control area or the 
northern Maine independent system for a minimum period of one year. 
If a 
competitive electricity provider under this paragraph imports electricity into the State 
from a renewable resource generating facility located outside of the New England 
Power Pool or the northern Maine independent system, the delivery of the electricity 
may not be subject to economic withholding or curtailment except for the event of a 
planned or forced transmission line outage preventing the import of the electricity or 
when the applicable interpool tie "lines are operating at full transfer capacity. A 
competitive electricity provider that fails to comply with the provisions of this 
paragraph may not be considered eligible as a new renewable capacity resource.under 
this subsection for 12 months and is subject to any other action detennined 
appropriate by the commission. 
SUMMARY 
This bill requires that a competitive electricity provider of a new renewable capacity 
resource in the portfolio of supply sources for retail "electricity sales in the State must 
supply all of the electricity from its renewable resource generation facility to the New 
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England Power Pool or the northern Maine independent system for a minimum period of 
one year. A competitive electricity provider that imports its electricity from a generating 
facility located outside of the New England Power Pool 'or the northern Maine 
independent system may not subject the delivery of electricity to economic withholding 
or curtailment except for a transmission line outage or when the interpool tie lines are 
operating at full transfer capacity. A competitive electricity provider that fails to comply 
with the provisions of this bill will not be considered eligible as a new renewable capacity 
resource for 12 months. .