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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, Regarding Energy Conservation through Voltage Regulation’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Energy conservation through voltage regulation; examination. Resolved: That the Efficiency Maine Trust, in the development and implementation of conservation programs pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 10110, shall examine voltage regulation technologies and evaluate the potential for and cost-effectiveness of the application of these technologies for energy conservation by industrial, commercial and residential electricity customers of the State. In conducting the examination, the Efficiency Maine Trust shall seek input from the Public Utilities Commission and transmission and distribution utilities with respect to utility incentive issues and voltage regulation technologies in the context of smart grid implementation; and be it further
Sec. 2 Report. Resolved: That the Efficiency Maine Trust shall report on its examination and evaluation under section 1 as part of its annual report due by December 1, 2010 pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 10104, subsection 5.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve. The resolve directs the Efficiency Maine Trust, in the development and implementation of conservation programs, to examine voltage regulation technologies and evaluate the potential for and cost-effectiveness of the application of these technologies as an energy conservation tool for the industrial, commercial and residential electricity customers of the State. It requires the trust to seek input from the Public Utilities Commission and transmission and distribution utilities with respect to utility incentive issues and voltage regulation technologies in the context of smart grid implementation. It requires the trust to report on its examination and evaluation as part of the annual report of the trust that is due by December 1, 2010.