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Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, To Review Certification Requirements for Installation of Solar Photovoltaic Systems’
Amend the resolve in the emergency preamble in the 3rd paragraph in the last line (page 1, line 8 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "energy" and inserting the following: 'photovoltaic'
Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 1 (page 1, lines 16 to 21 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Certification requirements reviewed. Resolved: That the Public Utilities Commission, energy programs division shall review the installation qualifications required for a rebate for solar photovoltaic systems under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 3211C, subsection 2, paragraph A, subparagraph (2) and evaluate whether those rebate program requirements are necessary and appropriate for ensuring safe and proper installation of solar photovoltaic systems, with particular attention to the requirement of certification by a North American board of certified energy practitioners. The division shall consider the appropriateness of a requirement based on a photovoltaic entry-level exam offered by a North American board of certified energy practitioners; and be it further’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment limits the scope of the review of installation requirements for solar rebates to the installation requirements for solar photovoltaic systems. The amendment also requires the Public Utilities Commission, energy programs division to give specific attention to the requirement of certification by a North American board of certified energy practitioners and consider a requirement based on an entry-level exam for solar photovoltaic installations.
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