An Act Regarding Energy Transmission Corridors
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1363
Committee Amendment CA_B_H438 (House)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §3131, 35-A MRSA §3132

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "g " to H.P. 985, L.D. 1363, Bill, "An Act 
Regarding Energy Transmission Corridors" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Amend Certain Laws Relating to High-impact Electric Transmission 
Lines' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following: 
'Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3131, sub-§4-A, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 655, Pt. A, §3, 
is amended to read: 
4-A. High-impact electric transmission line. "High-impact electric transmission 
line" means a transmission line greater than 50 miles in length that is not located in a 
statatory eorridor, as defuied in seetion 122, subseetion 1, paragraph F 4, or a petitioned 
eorridor as defined in seetion 122, subseotion 1, paragraph D 1, and that is: 
A. Construeted to transmit direct eurrent eleetrieity; or 
B. Capable of operating at M$. 200 kilovolts or more and: 
(1) ls not a generator interconnection transmission facility as defined in section 
3132, subsection 1-B; and 
(2) ls not constructed primarily to provide electric reliability within the State, as 
determined by the commission. 
Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3132, sub-§6-A, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 655, Pt. A, §5, 
is amended to read: 
6-A. High-impact electric transmission line; certificate of public convenience 
and necessity. The commission shall evaluate and render a decision on any petition for a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity for a high-impact electric transmission 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"(!," to H.P. 985, L.D. 1363 
line in accordance with seetio11 122, s1:1bseetio11 1 D this subsection. The commission 
may issue a certificate only if: 
A. 
The petitioner has filed with the commission, with the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Maine Revenue Services and with each 
municipality through which the high-impact electric transmission line will pass the 
anticipated assessed property value for property tax purposes, including a minimum 
anticipated assessed property value, of the high-impact electric transmission line for 
each municipality through which the high-impact electric transmission line will pass; 
and 
B. The petitioner has agreed in writing, as a condition of the certificate, to pay each 
year for the life of the high-impact electric transmission line, as determined by the 
commission, to each municipality through which the high-impact electric 
transmission line will pass, in addition to any property tax assessments due, an 
amount equal to the amount of any additional taxes that would have been due if the 
actual assessed valuation of the high-impact electric transmission line was equal to 
the minimum anticipated assessed property value filed pursuant to paragraph A. If in 
any year the actual assessed valuation of the high-impact electric transmission line is 
equal to or greater than the minimum anticipated assessed property value filed 
pursuant to paragraph A, the amount required to be paid to the municipality under 
this paragraph is the property tax assessment only. 
The commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this subsection. Rules adopted 
by the commission under this subsection are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, 
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment: 
1. Removes the emergency preamble and clause from the bill; 
2. Modifies the definition of "high-impact electric transmission line" to include a 
transmission line that is: 
A. Greater than 50 miles in length; 
B. Capable of operating at 200 kilovolts or more; 
C. Not a generator interconnection transmission facility; and 
D. Not constructed to provide electric reliability within the State; and 
3. Requires that a petitioner for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for 
a high-impact electric transmission line pay the amount of tax benefits projected by the 
petitioner. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 05/29/19 feac.. 
LD 1363 
LR 968(03) 
An Act Regarding Energy Transmission Corridors 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment R:,( /-1-tJ 3 V 
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 changes to the rnles regarding approval of high-
impact electric transmission lines are anticipated to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted 
resources. 
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