An Act to Expand
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0371
Committee Amendment CA_A_S277 (Senate)

COMM[TTEB AMENDMENT "A "to S,P, 163, L.D. 371, 
11An Act to Expand 
Hydroelectric Development by Removing the l00ffmegawatt Cap,, 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Ac1 to Expand Hydroelectric Developntent by Removing the 100-megawaU Cap 
fot• Certain Re.~om·ces1 
Amend the bill in section 1 in paragraph B-3 in subparagraph (1) in division (e) in the 
first 2 lines (page 1, lines 10 and 11 in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
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H,•dreeleeb:1te ge!'lefat:ors that· 1ueet 11II atfth, and fedet<al fish 13assage requirem~ 
applioable te the gemwatept
and inserting the following: 1(e) Hydroelectl'ic generators 
located out~lde of the State that meet all state and federal fish passage requirements 
appHcable to the gencrator;
Amend the bill in section 1 in parngrnph B-3 in subparagraph (3) in the first line (page 
1> line 16 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "generators" the following: 'located in 
the State' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in paragraph C in subparagraph (2) in division (f) in the 
first line (page 1, line 31 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "(f) Hydreeleetl'!e 
generatof5; 0 and inserting the following: '(J) Hydroelectric generators located O\ttside of 
the State;' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in paragraph C in subparagraph (3) in the fast line (page l, 
line 36 in LD.) by insetting after the following: 
11gcnerators
the following: 'located iI1 the 
State' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3. 
Amend the bill in section 6 in subsection 3-A in the 2nd line (page 2, line 17 in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: "proposed" 
Amend the bill in section 6 in subsection 3-A in the 2nd line (page 2> line 17 in LD.) 
by striking out the following: "may" and inserting the following: 'regufring a permit is or 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" fr" to S,P. 163, L.D. 371 (),. /).,7;7\ 
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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 8. 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive .Part Jetter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends the bill in the following ways. 
l. It provides that hydroelectric generators located in the State are not subject to a limit 
of l 00 megawatts of power production capacity for the purposes of the definitions of 
renewable capacity resources and renewable resource..:: in. the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
35-A, section 3210. 
2. It. removes the section of the bill that requires the Depa1tment of Environmental 
Protection to make a decision on a complete application for a hydropower project under 
the Maine Waterway Development and Conservation Act within 6 months of the date the 
properly completed application is received. 
3. It removes the section of the bill that allm-ved a hydropowcr pr~ject approved under 
the Maine Waterway Development and Conservation Act to optrate at its foll nameplate 
capacity subject to the requirements of applicable laws and rules. 
4. 
It clarifies that the public meeting requirement under the Maine Waterway 
Development and Conservation Act applies to all hydropowcr projects requiring a permit 
instead of those that are pmposed hydropower prQjects. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 05/27/25 L-Rl-
LD 371 
LR 804(02) 
An Act to I!:xpand Hydroelectric Development by Removing the 100-mcgnwatt Cap 
Fiscal Note for Bill ns Amended by Committee Amendment "A'(S-1J71\ 
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
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Fiscul Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Mh1or cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any additional costs to the Public Utilities Commission to impleme11t the provisions of this bill are expected to be 
minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted rcsomces. 
LR0804(02) - Fiscnl Note - Page l of I