Resolve, Establishing the Commission To Study the Economic, Environmental and Energy Benefits of Energy Storage to the Maine Electricity Industry
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1614
Committee Amendment CA_A_H433 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1166, L.D. 1614, "Resolve, 
Establishing the Commission To Study the Economic, Environmental and Energy 
Benefits of Energy Storage to the Maine Electricity Industry" 
Amend the resolve in section 2 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 7 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: 
1113
and inserting the following: '14' 
Amend the resolve in section 2 by striking out all of subsections 3 and 4 (page 1, 
lines 13 to 22 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'3. Four public members, one of whom must be from the northern part of the State, 
appointed by the President of the Senate as follows: 
A. A representative of the energy storage industry; 
B. A representative of the hydroelectric energy storage industry; 
C. A representative of an electric utility in the State; and 
D. An academic in the field of energy storage; 
4. Four public members appointed by the Speaker of the House as follows: 
A. A representative of a conservation organization; 
B. A representative of a business that uses significant electric power in the State; 
C. A representative of a large-scale energy storage owner; and 
D. A representative of a small-scale energy storage owner; and 
5. The Public Advocate or the Public Advocate's designee.' 
Amend the resolve in section 5 in subsection 4 in the last line (page 2, line 20 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "and" 
Amend the resolve in section 5 by inserting after subsection 4 the following: 
'5. Review economically efficient and effective implementation approaches to energy 
storage targets; 
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6. Consider bring-your-own-device programs that offer credits for sharing stored 
energy with electric utilities and storm outage and response management programs for 
behind-the-meter energy storage to reduce peak reduction and increase resiliency; and' 
Amend the resolve in section 5 by renumbering the subsections to read consecutively. 
Amend the resolve by strildng out all of sections 6 and 7 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 6. Staff assistance. Resolved: That, notwithstanding Joint Rule 353, the 
Legislative Council shall provide necessary staffing services to the commission, except 
that Legislative Council staff support is not authorized when the Legislature is in regular 
or special session. 
Sec. 7. Report. Resolved: That, no later than December 4, 2019, the commission 
shall submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and 
Technology that includes its findings and recommendations, including suggested 
legislation. The report may consider a review of economically efficient and effective 
implementation approaches for energy storage targets. The suggested legislation must 
include, but is not limited to, adopting procurement targets for the State for energy 
storage systems, both behind a customer meter and connected to transmission and 
distribution facilities, if proven beneficial for ratepayers in the cost-benefit analysis under 
section 5.1 
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Pait letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment makes the following changes to the resolve: 
1. 
It increases the membership of the Commission To Study the Economic, 
Environmental and Energy Benefits of Energy Storage to the Maine Electricity Industry 
from 13 to 14, adding the Public Advocate or the Public Advocate's designee as a 
member, and requires one of the public members appointed by the President of the Senate 
to be from the northern part of the State; 
2. It removes the limitation that the members representing energy storage owners 
specifically represent battery storage owners; 
3. It amends the duties of the commission to include a review of economically 
efficient and effective implementation approaches to energy storage targets and 
consideration of bring-your-own-device programs and storm outage and response 
management programs for behind-the-meter energy storage to reduce peak reduction and 
increase resiliency; 
4. It removes certain language regarding invited staff support from state agencies; 
and 
5. It directs the commission to submit its report to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Energy, Utilities and Technology. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/24/19 frac 
LD 1614 
LR 2452(02) 
Resolve, Establishing the Commission To Study the Economic, Environmental and Energy Benefits of 
Energy Storage to the Maine Electricity Industry 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment i/.J { //-- lJ3i) 
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Legislative Cost/Study 
Legislative Cost/Study 
The general operating expenses of this study are projected to be $2,750 in fiscal year 2019-20. An estimated $6,190 is 
available in each of fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21 in the Legislature's proposed budget for legislative studies as 
well as any balances from prior years for this purpose. Whether these amounts are sufficient to fund all studies will 
depend on the number of studies authorized by the Legislative Council and the Legislature. The additional costs of 
providing staffing assistance to the study during the interim can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted staff 
resources. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any additional costs for the departments and agencies participating in the work of the commission are assumed to be 
minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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