An Act To Enhance Energy Cost Reduction and Facilitate Heating Alternatives in furtherance of the Omnibus Energy Act
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1221
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_C_H485 (House)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §10103

HOUSE AMENDMENT "~,, to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 839, 
L.P. 1221, Bill, "An Act To Enhance Energy Cost Reduction and Facilitate Heating 
Alternatives in furtherance of the Omnibus Energy Act" 
Amend the amendment by inserting after the title the following: 
'Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency preamble (page 1, lines 1 to 13 in 
L.D.)' 
Amend the amendment in the first paragraph after the title (page 1, line 12 in 
amendment) by striking out the following; "sections 2 and 4," and inserting the followIng; 
'section 2 and inserting the following;' 
Amend the amendment by inserting after the first paragraph the following; 
. 'Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §10103, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 372, Pt. B, §3, is 
amended to read: 
3. Administration of trust; director. The board shall annually appoint, using or 
reappoint a qualified full-time director of the trust. When making an initial appointment 
of an individual to the position of director of the trust, the board shall use a full and 
competitive search process, a qualified full time direotor of the trust and a director's 
initial appointment as director is subject to review by the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over energy matters and to' confirmation by the Senate. 
The Director of the Efficiency Maine Trust serves at the pleasure of the board. The 
director must have demonstrated experience in the planning, design or delivery of energy 
efficiency programs or the management of organizations that plan, design or deliver those 
programs. The board shall establish the rate and amount of compensation of the director 
and all other employees of the trust. The director: 
A. Serves as the president of the trust and as the liaison between the board and any 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over energy matters; 
B. Is responsible for: 
(1) Establishing an office for the trust; 
(2) Hiring and organizing staff for the trust and determining their qualifications 
and duties; and 
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(3) Managing the trust's programs, services and staff and performing other duties 
as the board considers appropdate; and 
C. May delegate to employees of the trust any powers and duties that the director 
considers proper. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 4.' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of subsection 2 (page 1, lines 15 to 31 in 
amendment) and inserting the following: 
'2. 
Efficiency Maine Trust funds. 
An amount equal to $300,000 must be 
transferred annually to the office from the conservation prograr~ fund authorized in 
section 10110, subsection 7 at Efficiency Maine Trust, established in section 10103, 
unless federal funds are adequate to meet the funding needs of the office. 
The 
commissioner shall keep an accounting of the office's resources devoted to its, various 
duties ang activities, including that portion of its resources devoted t9 activities in support 
of or reasonably related to programs or activities of the Efficiency Maine Trust. The 
commissioner shall provide the accounting to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over energy matters as part of its annual report under 
section 10205, subsection 3. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction' over energy matters shall make recommendations to the' joint standing 
c~mmittee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs 
with regard to any proposed allocation of Efficiency Maine Trust funds to support the 
office. In accordance with any legislative allocation or deallocation of Efficiency Maine 
Trust funds to support the office, the commissioner shall request from the Efficiency 
Maine Trust and the trust shall provide the allocated resources to the office.' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 8 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 8. Application of change to appointment process. Notwithstanding the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 10103, subsection 3, the person holding the 
position of director of the Efficiency Maine Trust on the effective date of this Act 
remains the director of the trust under the procedure for appointment that was in law prior 
to the effective date of this Act. 
Sec. 9. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
Governor's Energy Office Z122 
Initiative: Provides allocations to establish a new deputy commissioner position and for 
related costs. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
2015-16 
1.000 
$65,987 
$1,875 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
2016-17 
1.000 
$89,840 
$2,500 
HOlJSE AMENDMENT {! "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 839, L.D. 1221 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
$67,862 
$92,340 
GovernQr's Energy Office Z122 
Initiative: Provides allocations for activities relating to energy resources, planning and 
development. 
II 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2015-16 
$232,138 
, $232,138 
2015-16 
$300,000 
$300,000 
Amend the amendment by inserting after section 8 the following; 
'Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency clause.' 
2016-17 
$207,660 
-'-1207,660 
2016-17 
$300,000 
$300,000 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter 
or section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment incorporates the substance of House Amendment "B" to Committee 
Amendment "A" except that it specifies that the $300,000 aQ1lual transfer to the Maine 
Energy Office must come from the conservation program fund for electric efficiency and 
conservation programs. 
This amendment also removes the requirement that the 
transferred funds may only be used by the office for activities that support or relate to 
programs or activities of the Efficiency Maine Trust. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
SPONSORED BY: ~ 
C. OLVNt~ 
(Representative DUN~ 
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TOWN: Embden 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/19/15 
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LD 1221 
LR207(09) 
An Act To Enhance Energy Cost Reduction and Facilitate Heating Alternatives in furtherance of the 
Omnibus Energy Act 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment (3. to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Rep. Dunphy of Embden 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Transfer from Efficiency Maine Trust to Maine Energy Office 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
FY 2015-16 
($90,483) 
($90,483) 
$300,000 
FY2016-.17 
($92,340) 
($92,340) 
$300,000 
Projections 
FY 2017-18 
($96,934) 
($96,934) 
$300,000 
Projections 
FY 2018-19 
($99,671) 
($99,671) 
$300,000 
This amendment removes the General Fund appropriations of $90,483 and $92,340 in fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-
17, respectively, that were in the committee amendment. It requires $300,000 to be transferred annually from 
Efficiency Maine Trust's (EMT) conservation program fund for electric efficiency and conservation programs to the 
Maine Energy Office (MEO). EMT has indicated that this fund has sufficient resources to absorb this annual transfer. 
The committee amendment had limited these transfers to a total of $300,000 over time. The amendment adds Other 
Special Revenue Funds allocations to the MEO of $232, 13 8 and $207,660 in fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17, 
respectively, to fund certain activities related to energy resources, planning and development. The amendment also 
adds Other Special Revenue Funds allocations of$67,862 and $92,340 in fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17, 
respectively, to establish a deputy commissioner position within the MEO. The amendment removes the emergency 
preamble and clause from the bill and this fiscal note assumes that the bill will become law on October 1, 2015. 
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