Resolve, To Evaluate the Energy Use of the State House
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0361
Committee Amendment CA_A_H92 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,~ " to H.P. 287, L.D. 361, "Resolve, To Evaluate 
the Energy Use of the State House" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Evaluate the Energy Use of the State House and the Burton M. Cross 
State Office Building' 
, 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary 
and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Funds for energy efficiency. Resolved: That the Efficiency Maine 
Trust established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 10103 shall devote 
$200,000 for the completion of an energy audit and the implementation of cost-effective 
energy efficiency measures in accordance with this resolve. To the extent possible, the 
funds must come from funding sources that permit the use of the funds to reduce 
consumption of fossil fuels as well as electricity consumption; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Energy audit of State House and Burton M. Cross State Office 
Building. Resolved: That the Efficiency Maine Trust shall conduct or contract for the 
energy audit under section 1 of the State House and the Burton M. Cross State Office 
Building. The Efficiency Maine Trust shall collaborate with the chair of the State House 
and Capitol Park Commission, the Executive Director of the Legislative Council and the 
Director of the Bureau of General Services within the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services in order to ensure that the energy audit produces cost-effective energy 
efficiency recommendations that are consistent with the National Register of Historic 
Places designation of the State House; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Report and implementation. Resolved: That the Efficiency Maine 
Trust shall report the results and recommendations from the energy audit under section 1 
to the Director of the Bureau of General Services within the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services and the Executive Director of the Legislative 
Council no later than December 7, 2011. 
The energy audit must rank the 
recommendations according to their cost-effectiveness. 
At the joint request of the 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" n" to H.P. 287, L.D. 361 
Executive Director of the Legislative Council and the Director of the Bureau of General 
Services, the Efficiency Maine Trust shall· provide available funds allocated pursuant to 
section 1 that were .not used for the cost of the energy audit to implement cost-effective 
energy efficiency measures recommended in the energy audit. I 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes the resolve and directs the Efficiency Maine Trust to conduct 
or contract for an energy audit of the State House and the Burton M. Cross State Office 
Building. The amendment directs the Efficiency Maine Trust to allocate $200,000 for the 
completion of the energy audit and the implementation of cost-effective energy efficiency 
measures in the State House and the Burton M. Cross State Office Building. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 03/30111 
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LD 361 
LR 957(02) 
Resolve, To Evaluate the Energy Use of the State House 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ff' 
Connnittee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
F'iscal Note 
Current biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
This bill devotes $200,000 of Efficiency Maine Trust (EMT) resources to conduct or contract out to a third party for 
an energy audit of the Maine State House and the Burton M. Cross Building and for the implementation of cost-
effective energy efficiency measures that may result from the audit. All costs related to the provisions ofthe bill will 
be performed by EMT within existing allocations and resources. 
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