Resolve, Directing Coordinated State Agencies To Negotiate with the Governing Leaderships of Portland Pipe Line Corporation and Montreal Pipe Line Limited for Sustainability-centered Repurposing of Stranded and At-risk Infrastructure Assets in Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1436
Committee Amendment CA_A_H414 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A-" to H.P. 1048, L.D. 1436, "Resolve, Directing 
Coordinated State Agencies To Negotiate with the Governing Leaderships of Portland 
Pipe Line Corporation and Montreal Pipe Line Limited for Sustainability-centered 
Repurposing of Stranded and At-risk Infrastructure Assets in Maine" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing Coordinated State Agencies To Engage with the Governing 
Leaderships of Portland Pipe Line Corporation and Montreal Pipe Line Limited for 
Sustainability-centered Repurposing of Stranded and At-risk Infrastructure Assets 
in Maine' 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Coordinated state agencies to engage with the governing 
leaderships of Portland Pipe Line Corporation and Montreal Pipe Line 
Limited for sustainability-centered repurposing of stranded and at-risk 
infrastructure assets in Maine. Resolved: That the Department of Economic and 
Community Development and the Governor's Energy Office in coordination shall engage 
directly with the executive and board leaderships of the Portland Pipe Line Corporation 
and Montreal Pipe Line Limited parent companies Suncor Energy, Shell Oil Company 
and Imperial Oil Limited to examine opp01tunities for repurposing the Portland-Montreal 
pipeline and related real estate holdings in the State, including consideration of a 
redevelopment strategy and revenue model acceptable to those companies' investors in 
accordance with the companies' own sustainability goals. The asset to be addressed by the 
examination is the pipeline itself, which is to be examined for repurposing as a conduit 
for high-voltage electric transmission lines. The examination of repurposing must 
consider opportunities for existing Portland Pipe Line Corporation and Montreal Pipe 
Line Limited employees to direct their efforts toward the technical and management 
opportunities created by repurposing of the pipeline. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A "to H.P. 1048, L.D. 1436 
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· .. · The scope of work under this section may include coordination with other state 
agencies and local jurisdictions as well as coordination with regulators in New 
Hampshire, Vermont and the provincial government of Quebec, Canada. 
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That no later than February 15, 2020, the Department 
of Economic and Community Development and the Governor's Energy Office shall 
submit a joint report on the efforts undertaken pursuant to this resolve to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology.' 
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends the resolve in the following ways. 
1. It changes the title of the resolve. 
2. It removes the emergency preamble and clause. 
3. It directs the Department of Economic and Community Development and the 
Governor's Energy Office to lead an effort to engage, rather than negotiate, with the 
executive and board leaderships of the Portland Pipe Line Corporation and Montreal Pipe 
Line Limited parent companies Suncor Energy, Shell Oil Company and Imperial Oil 
Limited to examine opportunities for repurposing the Portland-Montreal pipeline and 
related real estate holdings in the State. 
4. It removes references to creating an alternative to the New England Clean Energy 
Connect transmission project. 
5. 
It removes the provision that required the Joint Standing Committee on 
Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business to appoint a project 
liaison or project liaisons to coordinate the proposal over a 6-month period. 
6. It removes the moratorium on state agency approval of permits related to the New 
England Clean Energy Connect transmission project. 
7. 
It adds a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and 
Technology by February 15, 2020. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 05/28/19 wac 
LD 1436 
LR 1645(02) 
Resolve, Directing Coordinated State Agencies To Negotiate with the Governing Leaderships of 
Portland Pipe Line Corporation and Montreal Pipe Line Limited for SustainabUity-centered 
Repurposing of Stranded and At-risk Infrastructure Assets in Maine 1 
Fiscal. Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment t4, (fl-I//~ 
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Economic and Community Development and the Governor's Energy Office to 
implement the requirements of this legislation can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
LRl 645(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1