An Act Concerning Electricity Customers Whose Bills Increase as a Result of the Implementation of Energy Conservation or Energy Efficiency Measures
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1581
Committee Amendment CA_A_H700 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "Pt" to H.P. 1119, L.D. 1581, Bill, "An Act 
Concerning Electricity Customers Whose Bills Increase as 
a Result of the 
Implementation of Energy Conservation or Energy Efficiency Measures" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Regarding Commercial Electricity Customers Whose Bills Increased after 
a Decrease in Electricity Use' 
Amend the bill by striking out evelything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Best rate option; credit for affected customers. Resolved: That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Public Utilities Commission shall direct 
the transmission and distribution utility serving those commercial electricity customers 
that are eligible for the best rate option pursuant to the final order in Public Utilities 
Commission Docket # 2009-397 dated March 5, 20 I 0 that experienced higher electricity 
bills after decreasing their electricity use and to credit such a commercial electricity 
customer in a manner approved by the commission for the difference between what the 
customer was actually charged for delivery service during the 12-month period preceding 
the date of the final order and what the customer would have been charged under the best, 
rate option during that period.' . 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve. The amendment addresses those 
comrnercial electricity customers that experienced higher electricity bills after a decrease 
in electricity use and that have been found to be eligible for the best rate option in the 
Public Utilities Commission's investigation into rate class changes applicable to 
transmission and distribution general service customers due to energy efficiency or 
demand reduction, Public Utilities Commission Docket # 2009-397. The amendment 
requires that those pal1icular commercial customers receive credits for the difference 
between what the customers were actually charged for delivery service during the 12-
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month period preceding the commission's final order in Public Utilities Commission 
Docket # 2009-397 and what the customers would have been charged under the best rate 
option during that period. 
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LD 1581 
LR 2410(02) 
An Act Concerning Electricity Customers Whose Bills Increase as a Result of the Implementation of 
Energy Conservation or Energy Efficiency Measures 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment I~" 
Committee: Utilities and Energy 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any additional costs to the Public Utilities Commission related to directing transmission and distribution utilities 
. serving commercial electricity customers eligible for the best rate option to credit those commercial customers for the 
difference between actual charges and best rate option charges can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
LR24,0(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of 1