An Act to Elimmate the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resource Fund
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0187
Committee Amendment CA_A_S133 (Senate)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §3210, 35-A MRSA §3214, 35-A MRSA §10121

COMMITTEE AMENDl\IBNT "A "to SP 91, L D 187, "An Act to Elimmate the 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resource Fund" 
Amend the bill by stnkmg out the title and substitutmg the followmg 
'An Act to Eliminate the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resource Fund and to 
Provide Needs-based Low-mcome Assistance' 
Amend the bill by stnkmg out everythmg after the enactmg clause and msertmg the 
followmg 
'Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§9, ~' as amended by PL 2021, c 199, § 1, is 
further amended to read 
B 
The commission shall collect alternative compliance payments to meet the 
reqmrements of subsections 3-A and 3-B made by competitive electricity providers and 
shall deposl-t use all funds collected under this paragraph 1n the Energy Effie1eney and 
Renev1able Resoaree Fend established under seet10n 10121, sabseet10n 2 to be ased to 
fund resea-reh, de1;elopmeBt and demonstration prOJeets relatmg to rene:r.vable energy 
teehnolog1es and to fund rebates for eost effeetive renewable energy teehnolog1es to 
provide financial assistance for low-mcome households m accordance with section 
3214, subsection 2 
Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3214, sub-§2, ,fA, as enacted by PL 1997, c 316, §3, is 
amended to read 
A Receive funds collected by all transmission and distribution utilities m the State at 
a rate set by the commission m periodic rate cases, aoo 
Sec. 3. 35-A MRSA §3214, sub-§2, ,fA-1 is enacted to read 
A-1 Receive funds collected by the commission for alternative compliance payments 
m accordance with sect10n 3210, subsection 9, paragraph B, and 
Sec. 4. 35-A MRSA §10121, as amended by PL 2011, c 637, §8, is repealed' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
ROS 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A "to SP 91, L D 187 fo-1~ ~ 
Amend the bill by relettermg or renumbermg any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill, which 1s a concept draft, and changes the title It 
reqmres alternative compliance payments made by competitive electnc1ty providers to the 
Pubhc Ut1hties Commission to be used by the commiss10n to provide needs-based low-
mcome assistance m accordance with the Mame Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 3214, 
subsection 2 The amendment also repeals the law estabhshmg the Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Resource Fund 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved 05/08/23 :t:Pae.. 
LD 187 
LR 1122(02) 
An Act to Eliminate the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resource Fund 
Fiscal Note for BIii as Amended by Committee Amendment '',}' ( s-, 13~ 
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
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Fiscal Note Reqmred: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Ehmmates Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resource Fund - Efficiency Mame Trust 
Redirects alternative compltance payments 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill repeals the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resource Fund (fund) administered by the Efficiency Mame 
Trust (EMT) Under current statute, the fund receives revenue from alternative comphance payments to the Pubhc 
Utilities Commtss10n (PUC) that get transferred to the EMT to be used for vanous energy efficiency proJ ects Smee 
the revenues from the alternative compliance payments have been declmmg, this bill has the PUC retammg the 
alternative compliance payments and providing funding for existing needs-based low-mcome assistance programs 
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