An Act To Ensure Resiliency of the Maine Electrical Grid
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0529
Committee Amendment CA_A_H45 (House)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §3144

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "~" to H.P. 373, L.D. 529, Bill, "An Act To 
Ensure Resiliency of the Maine Electrical Grid" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3144 is enacted to read: 
§3144. 
Mitigation measures to protect from geomagnetic disturbances and 
electromagnetic pulse 
Beginning December 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the commission shall direct an 
investor-owned transmission and distribution utility to submit to the commission a report 
detailing what steps, if any, the investor-owned transmission and distribution utility has 
taken to protect its bulk transmission systems from geomagnetic disturbances and 
electromagnetic 
pulse, 
including 
activities 
undertaken 
to 
meet 
any 
federal 
recommendations made to address geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulse. 
The commission shall require an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility to 
include neutral direct current monitoring information from autotransformers where 
monitoring equipment is installed, collected by the investor-owned transmission and 
distribution utility. The commission, as part of its annual report pursuant to section 120 
shall compile reports it has received pursuant to this section in the prior year and submit 
this information to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over utilities and energy matters.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee and it strikes and replaces 
the bill. It requires an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility to report to the 
Public Utilities Commission annually on its activities regarding protection from 
geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulse. It also requires an investor-owned 
transmission and distribution utility to include in its report the Public Utilities 
Commission neutral direct current monitoring information from autotransformers where 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A "to H.P. 373, L.D. 529 
monitoring equipment is installed, collected by the investor-owned transmission and 
distribution utility. 
This amendment requires that the commission compile the 
information it receives and submit it as part of its annual report to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 04/10/17 feac 
LD529 
LR 1397(02) 
An Act To Ensure Resiliency of the Maine Electrical Grid 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment'*{ J-/' 95) 
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 require transmission and distribution utilities to report 
annually on activities regarding protection from geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulses can be 
absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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