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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 2: Administration of Trust, Budgeting, Project Selection Criteria and Procedures, Monitoring and Evaluation Requirements, a Major Substantive Rule of the Energy and Carbon Savings Trust’
Amend the resolve in section 1 in the first line (page 1, line 14 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "of portions"
Amend the resolve in section 1 in the last line (page 1, line 19 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "authorized" the following: 'only if that portion of the rule pertaining to funding criteria is amended to provide that the trust may calculate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and reductions in consumption of electricity on a basis other than simply reductions from current levels when the trust determines it is appropriate to calculate reductions from the level of greenhouse gas emissions or consumption of electricity that would exist if alternative, less energy efficient technologies were used for the program or project instead of the technologies proposed by the applicant'
 
SUMMARY
This amendment authorizes the final adoption of Chapter 2: Administration of Trust, Budgeting, Project Selection Criteria and Procedures, Monitoring and Evaluation Requirements, a provisionally adopted major substantive rule of the Energy and Carbon Savings Trust, as long as the rule is amended to clarify that the trust may calculate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and reductions in consumption of electricity on a basis other than simply reductions from current levels when the trust determines it is appropriate to calculate reductions from the level of greenhouse gas emissions or consumption of electricity that would exist if alternative, less energy efficient technologies were used for the program or project instead of the technologies proposed by the applicant.