An Act To Update the Regulation of Public Utility Monopolies
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1026
Committee Amendment CA_C_HA_A_H1041 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT ''.1'" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "C" to H.P. 764, 
L.D. 1026, "An Act To Update the Regulation of Public Utility Monopolies" 
Amend the amendment in section 19 in subsection 5 in paragraph A in subparagraph 
(1) by striking out all of division (a) (page 6, lines 37 to 44 in amendment) and inserting 
the following: 
1(a) The entity developing the distributed generation resource cettifies by 
affidavit with accompanying documentation to the commission that the entity; 
before September L 2022, commenced on-site physical work of a significant 
nature on the distributed generation resource and thereafter the entity has made 
and will continue to make continuous on-site construction effmts to advance 
toward completion of the distributed generation resource. For the purposes of 
this division, "continuous on-site construction efforts" includes. for a solar 
array or installation, the continuous installation of racks or other structures to 
affix photovoltaic panels. collectors or solar cells to a site. The commission 
may share information contained in an affidavit submitted in accordance with 
this division with a transmission and distribution utility, as necessaty, to verify 
a distributed generation resource
1s compliance with this division. In 
administering this division. the commission may adopt rules including. but not 
limited to, requiring an entity that submitted an affidavit undel' this division to 
provide updated documentation to the commission 12 months after submission 
of the affidavit; or' 
Amend the amendment in section 19 in subsection 5 in paragraph A-1 by striking out 
all of subparagraph (2) (page?, lines 13 and 14 in amendment) and inserting the following: 
'(2) Increase by 2.25% annually on January 1st, beginning January 1, 2023.' 
Amend the amendment in section 19 in subsection 5 by striking out all of paragraph 
A-2 (page 7, lines 15 to 21 in amendment). 
Amend the amendment by relettering 01· renumbering any nonconsecutive Patt letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT 'A-" to COMMITI'EE AMENDMENT "C" to H.P. 764, LD. 1026 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends Committee Amendment 
11C11 by amending the provisions 
relating to net energy billing in the following ways. 
1, It amends the provision in the committee amendment relating to affidavits that are 
required to be submitted for a distributed energy resource in order to be eligible for the new 
tariff rate established in the committee amendment by describing the type of activities 
relating to solar arrays and installations that constitute 
11continuous on-site construction 
efforts," authorizing the Public Utilities Commission to share information in an affidavit, 
as necessary, with a transmission and distribution utility and authorizing the Public Utilities 
Commission to adopt rules relating to the affidavit requirements. 
2. It replaces the provision in the committee amendment that requires that tariff rates 
be adjusted for inflation and replaces it with a provision that requires that the tariff rates 
increase annually by 2.25% beginning January 1, 2023. 
3. It removes the provision in the committee amendment that provides for a one-time 
election for a distributed energx resource to 
ceive the new tariff rate. 
TOWN: Winterport 
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