An Act To Replace Net Energy Billing with a Market-based Mechanism
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0041
Committee Amendment CA_A_H107 (House)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §3210-C

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 42, L.D. 41, Bill, "An Act To Replace 
Net Energy Billing with a Market-based Mechanism" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in the first line (page 1, line 2 in L.D.) by striking out the 
following: "corrected by RR 2017, c. 1, §32" and inserting the following: 'amended by 
PL2019, c.16, §1' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §3209-A in subsection 2 in the first line (page 1, line 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2019" and inserting the following: '2020' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §3209-A in subsection 2 in paragraph A in the 2nd line 
(page 1, line 30 in L.D) by striking out the following: "2019" and inserting the following: 
'2020' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §3209-A in subsection 2 in paragraph A in the 2nd line 
(page 1, line 30 in L.D) by striking out the following: "2034" and inserting the following: 
'2035' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §3209-A in subsection 2 in paragraph C in the 3rd line 
(page 1, line 36 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "50" and inserting the following: 
'1001 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §3209-A in subsection 2 in paragraph C in the 4th line 
(page 1, line 37 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "located in" the following: 'any 
portion of 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §3209-A in subsection 2 in paragraph C in the 2nd to 
the last line (page 2, line 2 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "system" the 
following: 'for that portion of the service territory' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §3209-A in subsection 2 in paragraph Din the 2nd line 
(page 2, line 5 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2019" and inserting the following: 
120201 
Amend the bill in section 2 in §3209-B in subsection 4 in the 3rd line (page 3, line 6 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "50" and inserting the following: '100' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A-" to H.P. 42, L.D. 41 
Amend the bill in section 2 in §3209-B in subsection 5 in the first line (page 3, line 7 
in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "to" the following: 'any portion of the service 
territory of 
Amend the bill in section 2 in §3209-B in subsection 5 in the 4th line (page 3, line 10 
in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "system" the following: 'for that portion of the 
service territory' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3 and inserting the followin~: 
'Sec. 3. 35-A MRSA §3210-C, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: 
3-A. Long-term contracts for community solar resources. The commission shall 
direct investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities to enter into long-term 
contracts to procure. to the maximum extent possible, 20 megawatts of large-scale 
community solar distributed generation resources in accordance with this section by 
December 31, 2020. The long-term contract rate must be calculated annually. For 
purposes of this subsection. "large-scale community solar distributed generation 
resource" means a distributed generation resource with a nameplate capacity of greater 
than 660 kilowatts that relies on solar photovoltaic arrays to generate electricity and is 
community-based. as defmed by the commission by rule. The commission shall adopt 
rules to implement this subsection. 
The rules must include provisions to protect 
electricity customers from any shift in responsibility for transmission and distribution 
utility costs between customers that arises as a result of large-scale community solar 
distributed generation resources. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine 
technical rules as defmed in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 4. PL 2019, c. 16, §2 is repealed.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment does the following. 
1. It changes the end date of eligibility to elect net energy billing from December 31, 
2019 to December 31, 2020. 
2. It allows net energy billing arrangements entered into prior to December 31, 2020 
to remain in effect until December 31, 2035. 
3. It limits to 100, rather than 50 in the bill, the number of eligible customers that 
may participate in a single shared interest in an eligible facility or the number of meters 
associated with a single shared interest under net energy billing and under the market-
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based crediting system. 
4. It clarifies the exceptions in the bill for northern Maine to specify that the 
exception applies to the portion of a transmission and distribution utility's service territory 
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that is in an area administered by the independent system administrator for northern 
Maine. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A" to H.P. 42, L.D. 41 
5. It removes the cap in the bill of 6¢ per kilowatt-hour or the average wholesale 
electricity rate over the preceding 12 months, whichever is less, on the long-term contract 
rate for large-scale community solar distributed generation resources. 
6. It requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules to implement the long-
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term contracts for community solar distributed generation resources. It requires that these 
rules include provisions to protect electricity customers from any shift of responsibility 
for transmission and distribution utility costs between customers that arises as a result of 
community solar distributed generation resources. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/15/19 fea~ 
LD41 
LR299(02) 
An Act To Replace Net Energy Billing with a Mark.et-based Mechanism 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'It' {H ~J () 7) 
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 as a result of modifications to the laws regarding net energy 
billing, the establishment of a mat1cet-based crediting system, the procurement of community solar energy contracts 
and requiring that the Commission report on cetiain aspects of net energy billing and market-based crediting systems 
are anticipated to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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