An Act To Remove the 100-megawatt Limit on Hydropower under the Renewable Resources Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0132
Committee Amendment CA_A_H270 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" f)" to H.P. 90, L.D. 132, Bill, "An Act To 
Remove the 100-megawatt Limit on Hydropower under the Renewable Resources Laws" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Remove the lOO-megawatt Limit under the Renewable Resources Laws' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 35-A MRS A §3210, sub-§2, ~B-3, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 542, §3, is 
amended to read: 
B-3. "Renewable capacity resource" means a source of electrical generation that: 
(1) Whose total power produotion oapaoity does not exoeed 100 mega'tVatts and 
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Relies on one or more of the following: 
(a) Fuel cells; 
(b) Tidal power; 
( c) Solar arrays and installations; 
(d) Geothermal installations; 
(e) 
Hydroelectric generators that meet all state and federal fish passage 
requirements applicable to the generator; er 
(f) Biomass generators that are fueled by wood er, wood waste, or landfill 
gas or anaerobic digestion of agricultural produots, by products or wastes; er 
(g) Anaerobic digestion of by-products of waste from animals or agricultural 
crops, food or vegetative material, algae or organic refuse; or 
(h) Wind power installations. 
(2) . That relies on ,tVind pOVler installations. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 90, L.D. 132 
Sec. 2. 35-A MRS A §3210, sub-§2, ~C, as amended by PL 2009, c. 542, §5, is 
further amended to read: 
C. "Renewable resource" means a source of electrical generation that: 
(1) 
That qualifies Qualifies as a small power production facility under the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules, 18 Code of Federal Regulations, 
Part 292, Subpart B, as in effect on January 1, 1997; or 
(2) '\Those total po',yer production capacity does not e]weed 100 megawatts and 
that relies Relies on one or more of the following: 
(a) Fuel cells; 
(b) Tidal power; 
(c) Solar arrays and installations; 
(d) Wind power installations; 
( e) Geothermal installations; 
(f) Hydroelectric generators; 
(g) Biomass generators that are fueled by wood or wood waste, landfill gas 
or anaerobic digestion of agricultural products, by-products or wastes; or 
(h) 
Generators fueled by municipal solid waste in conjunction with 
recycling. I 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report, removes the 100-megawatt maximum 
capacity limit for all generation sources as it pertains to renewable capacity resources and 
renewable resources, not just hydroelectric generation, as in the bill. The amendment also 
adds anaerobic digestion of by-products of waste from animals or agricultural crops, food 
or vegetative material, algae and organic refuse as a renewable capacity resource under 
the renewable resource portfolio requirements. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: OS/29/15 
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LD 132 
LR 435(02) 
An Act To Remove the 100-megawatt Limit on Hydropower under the Renewable Resources Laws 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,II (H - ~Jo) 
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
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 from removing the 1 DO-megawatt power production capacity 
limit for renewable capacity resources and renewable resources, as well as changing the statutory definitions of these 
two resources, are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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