An Act To Focus Energy Laws on Energy Cost
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1400
Committee Amendment CA_A_S217 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" Pr" to S.P. 521, L.D. 1400, Bill, "An Act To Focus 
Energy Laws on Energy Cost" 
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 2 in paragraph A in the last line 
(page 2, line 12 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the following: 
'2017' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 2 in paragraph A-I in the last line 
(page 2, line 16 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the following: 
'2017' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 2 in paragraph B-4 in the last line 
(page 3, line 15 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the following: 
'2017' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 3 in the blocked paragraph in the 
last line (page 4, line 3 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the 
following: '2017' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 3-A in the last blocked paragraph 
in the last line (page 5, line 21 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting 
the following: '2017' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in §321O in subsection 4 in the blocked paragraph in the 
last line (page 5, line 27 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the 
following: '2017' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 8 in the blocked paragraph in the 
last line (page 6, line 10 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the 
following: '2017' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 9 in the last blocked paragraph in 
the last line (page 6, line 30 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting 
the following: '2017' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 8. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 521, L.D. 1400 
Amend the bill in section 10 in §3218 in subsection 3 by inserting at the end the 
following: 
'A. 
The commission may enter into contracts for energy efficiency capacity 
resources. For purposes of selecting energy efficiency capacity resources for 
contracting pursuant to this paragraph, the commission shall conduct a competitive 
solicitation in accordance with subsection 6 or contract with the Efficiency Maine 
Trust established in section 10103 to deliver those resources through a competitive 
solicitation process administered by the Efficiency Maine Trust. For the purposes of 
this paragraph, "energy efficiency capacity resource" means a resource that has 
demand response, interruptible or energy efficiency capacity recognized by the 
commission.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 12. 
Amend the bill in section 13 in the last line (page 9, line 37 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "2016" and inserting the following: '2017' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. This amendment changes 
the date of repeal of the renewable portfolio standard from January 1, 2016 to January 1, 
2017. This amendment removes portions of the bill that direct the Public Utilities 
Commission to select a distributed generation aggregator. Lastly, this amendment 
authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to contract for energy efficiency capacity 
resources, either through a competitive solicitation or through a contract with the 
Efficiency Maine Trust. 
FISCALNOTE REQUIRED 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 06/05/15 
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LD 1400 
LR 1987(02) 
An Act To Focus Energy Laws on Energy Cost 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ''ff'{S-;).\' ') 
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Any additional costs to the Public Utilities Commission to implement this legislation are expected to be minor and can 
be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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