An Act To Increase Maine's Energy Competitiveness
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0697
Committee Amendment CA_A_S292 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to S.P. 246, L.D. 697, Bill, "An Act To 
Increase Maine's Energy Competitiveness" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. PL 2011, c. 637, §11, sub-§2, "A, D and E are amended to read: 
A. May provide efficient electric heat pumps or electric thermal storage units to up to 
residential or small business customers within its service territory. The number 
of efficient electric heat pumps provided to customers may exceed 500 if proposed by 
the utility and approved by the Public Utilities Commission; 
D. May offer rebates incentives to participating customers to be applied to the total 
installation cost of the efficknt electric heat pumps or electric thermal storage units; 
and 
E. May With respect to electric thermal storage units, may enroll customers in the 
pilot program only until Dece:mber 31, 2013 and with respect to efficient electric heat 
pumps, may enroll customers in the pilot program until December 31, 2014, except 
that the deadline may be extended if proposed by the utility and approved by the 
Public Utilities Commission. 
Sec. 2. PL 2011, c. 637, §11, sub-§2 is amended by adding at the end a new 
blocked paragraph to read: 
Nothing in this subsection is intended to limit the authority of the commission to establish 
special rates for customers purchasing electricity through the pilot program. Those rates 
may include the recovery of costs associated with incentives or loans authorized under 
the pilot program. Any recovery of those costs must be through customers participating 
in the program and may not be passed through to customers not participating in the pilot 
program.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A "to S.P. 246, L.D. 697 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes and replaces the provisions in the bill. The amendment 
authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to extend the number of customers who may 
participate in the pilot program for efficient electric heat pumps and extend the length of 
the pilot period, allows more flexibility in the manner in which incentives are provided to 
customers and clarifies that nothing in the legislation related to the pilot program is 
intended to limit any currently existing authority of the Public Utilities Commission to 
establish special rates with respect to customers participating in the pilot program, as long 
as the costs of the pilot program are recovered only from customers participating in the 
program. 
FISCAL ~OTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 06/16/13 
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LD 697 
LR 1565(02) 
An Act To Increase Maine's Energy Competitiveness 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee AmendmentA'LS-2q 2-) 
Committee: .E:nergy, Utilities and Technology 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Any additional costs incurred by the Public Utilities Commission related to extending the number of customers who 
may participate in the pilot program for efficient electric heat pumps can be absorbed within existing budgeted 
resources. 
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