An Act To Establish a Green New Deal for Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1282
Committee Amendment CA_A_H413 (House)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §10123, 35-A MRSA §10124

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to H.P. 924, L.D. 1282, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish a Green New Deal for Maine" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 26 MRSA c. 43 is enacted to read: 
CHAPTER43 
APPRENTICESHIP IN ENERGY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION 
§3501. Definitions 
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates. the following terms 
have the following meanings. 
1. Apprentice. "Apprentice" has the same meaning as in section 3201, subsection 1. 
2. Construction employer. "Construction employer" means a person constructing a 
generation facility in this State who hires any person to construct that generation facility. 
3. Department. "Department" means the Department of Labor. 
4. Generation facility. "Generation facility" means a facility for the generation of 
electricity that has an installed capacity of 2 megawatts or more, other than a facility 
located on the customer side of an electric meter. 
§3502. Requirements 
A construction employer constructing a generation facility shall employ apprentices 
in accordance with this section. 
1. Percentages. A construction employer shall, to the extent qualified apprentices 
are determined to be available in accordance with mles adopted by the department, 
employ a number of apprentices that equals at least: 
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A. If construction of the generation facility begins on or after January 1, 2021 and 
before January 1, 2025, 10% of all persons employed in the construction; 
B. If construction of the generation facility begins on or after January 1, 2025 and 
before January 1, 2027, 17 .5% of all persons employed in the construction; and 
C. If construction of the generation facility begins on or after January 1, 2027, 25% 
of all persons employed in the construction. 
2. Rules. The department shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this 
section. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined 
in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
3. Penalties. The following provisions apply to a violation of this section. 
A. A construction employer who violates this section commits a civil violation for 
which a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200 may be adjudged. 
B. A construction employer who discharges or in any other manner discriminates 
against an employee because the employee makes a complaint to the department or to 
the district attorney concerning a violation of this section commits a civil violation 
for which a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200 may be adjudged. 
C. In the event a construction employer is adjudged to have violated this section, the 
Attorney General may institute injunction proceedings in the Superior Court to enjoin 
any further violations. 
Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §10123, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 366, §1, is amended by 
adding at the end a new paragraph to read: 
The trust, in collaboration with the Department of Education, shall identify and 
provide incentives for cost-effective electric and natural gas conservation projects in 
school construction projects designated by the State Board of Education for funding 
pursuant to rules adopted under Title 20-A, section 15905. 
Sec. 3. 35-A MRSA §10124 is enacted to read: 
§10124. School solar energy program 
The trust shall arrange power purchase agreements for solar capacity for new school 
construction in accordance with this section. 
1. 
Competitive solicitation; bids. 
After construction has begun on a school 
construction project approved for funding by the State Board of Education, the trust shall 
conduct a competitive solicitation for a power purchase agreement for solar capacity to be 
installed on the school property. The solicitation must specify the capacity of the solar 
installation to be installed, which may not exceed the estimated annual electricity 
consumption by the school or 100 kilowatts, whichever is less, and specify the price per 
kilowatt hour to be paid by the school to the bidder for the te1m of the power purchase 
agreement, which must approximate, so far as possible, the price of electricity that the 
school would otherwise pay to acquire the electricity from the retail market. 
2. Bid evaluation; power purchase agreement. The trust shall establish by rule 
qualifications for bidders and requirements for bids for power purchase agreements 
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submitted under subsection 1. All bids must specify the price to the school to buy the 
solar installation at the end of the term of the power purchase agreement. 
3. Award and administration. The trust shall award a power purchase agreement 
to the qualified bidder that offers the lowest price for the school to purchase the solar 
installation at the end of the term of the power purchase agreement pursuant to subsection 
2. The trust shall ensure that the power purchase agreement is commercially reasonable 
and commits all parties to commercially reasonable behavior. The trust shall provide the 
final power purchase agreement to the commission and the commission shall, in 
accordance with rules adopted by the commission, direct the transmission and distribution 
utility serving the school to administer the power purchase agreement on behalf of the 
school in a manner, so far as possible, consistent with section 3210-C. 
4. Rules. Rules adopted by the trust under this section are routine technical rules as 
defmed in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. Rules adopted by the commission under 
this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 
2-A.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. This amendment: 
1. Requires construction employers constructing grid scale generation facilities to 
hire certain percentages of apprentices to work on the construction beginning in 2021; 
2. Requires that the Efficiency Maine Trust, in collaboration with the Department of 
Education, identify and provide incentives for cost-effective electric and natural gas 
conservation projects in new school construction projects; and 
3. 
Requires the Efficiency Maine Trust to establish, through a competitive 
solicitation process, a power purchase agreement for solar capacity to be installed on 
school property when a new school is being constructed. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/28/19 .f!W'ac. 
LD 1282 
LR 1034(02) 
An Act To Establish a Green New Deal for Maine 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A, ( f/--f / 3) 
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
The additional workload associated with the minimal number of new cases filed in the court system does not require 
additional funding at this time. 
The collection of additional fine revenue will increase General Fund and dedicated revenue by minor amounts. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any additional costs to the Efficiency Maine Trust and the Department of Education to collaborate to identify and 
provide incentives for cost-effective electric and natural gas conservation projects or to arrange power purchase 
agreements for solar capacity installations in new school construction projects are anticipated to be minor and can be 
absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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