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An Act To Amend the Community-based Renewable Energy Project Laws for Purposes of the Mayo Mill Project
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3603, sub-§2, ¶¶B and D, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 329, Pt. A, §4, are amended to read:
 
B. The total installed generating capacity of all program participants combined may not exceed 5060 megawatts.
 
D. Of the 50-megawatt60-megawatt limit on total generating capacity under paragraph B, 10 megawatts must be reserved at the outset of the program for program participants that:
 
(1) Have an installed generating capacity of less than 100 kilowatts; or
 
(2) Are located in the service territory of a consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility.
 
The commission may modify the amount of generating capacity reserved under this paragraph based on program experience.
 
SUMMARY
Under the community-based renewable energy pilot program, administered by the Public Utilities Commission, the total installed generating capacity of all program participants may not exceed 50 megawatts. That limit has been reached.
This bill increases the maximum generating capacity to 60 megawatts, which will allow other projects, including the Mayo Mill project in Dover-Foxcroft, to participate in the program.