An Act To Limit the Use of Smart Meters
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0756
Committee Amendment CA_A_H521 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,~ " to H.P. 563, L.D. 756, Bill, "An Act To Limit 
the Use of Smart Meters" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Examine Cyber Security and Privacy Issues Relating to Smart Meters' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Examination of cyber security and privacy issues relating to 
smart meters. Resolved: That the Public Utilities Commission shall examine current 
cyber security and privacy requirements that exist under federal and state law, rules and 
utility policies and practices that apply to transmission and distribution utilities and 
identify potential regulatory gaps that may exist by examining the extent to which 
existing federal requirements mayor may not apply to cyber security and privacy issues 
regarding smart meters and related systems. To the extent regulatory gaps exist, the 
commission shall develop recommendations to address them. 
As part of this 
examination, the commission also shall consider issues related to access to customer data 
and the disclosure of transmission and distribution utility residential electric energy 
consumption and cost information pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 14, 
section 6045; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Monitor federal cyber security initiative. Resolved: That the Public 
Utilities Commission shall actively monitor the efforts by the United States Department 
of Energy to launch a cyber security initiative to enhance cyber security on the electric 
grid with input from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the United States 
Department of Homeland Security and publicly and privately owned utilities; and be it 
further 
Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: That the Public Utilities Commission shall report the 
results of its examination and recommendations required pursuant to section I and the 
progress of the federal cyber security initiative as it applies to smart meters and related 
systems under section 2 to the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 563, L.D. 756 
Technology by January 15,2012. The Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and 
Technology may submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 125th Legislature 
based on the report. I 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. It replaces the bill with a 
resolve directing the Public Utilities Commission to examine current cyber security and 
priv~cy requirements in law that apply to transmission and distribution utilities and 
identify potential gaps in coverage. The commission is also required to monitor federal 
efforts regarding cyber security and privacy issues regarding smart meters and to report to 
the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology by January 15,2012. 
The committee may submit a bill relating to smart meter cyber security and privacy to the 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: OS/28/11 frac. 
LD756 
LR 439(02) 
An Act To Limit the Use of Smart Meters 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "II" 
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Requiring the Public Utilities Commission to examine federal and state law related to cyber security and privacy 
requirements including but not limited to those related to smart meters, to monitor federal cyber security efforts and to 
report recommendations to the Legislature will result in minor cost increases which can be absorbed within existing 
budgeted resources. 
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