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Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 2 in paragraph A in the last line (page 2, line 12 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the following: '2017'
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 2 in paragraph A-1 in the last line (page 2, line 16 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the following: '2017'
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 2 in paragraph B-4 in the last line (page 3, line 15 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the following: '2017'
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 3 in the blocked paragraph in the last line (page 4, line 3 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the following: '2017'
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 3-A in the last blocked paragraph in the last line (page 5, line 21 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the following: '2017'
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 4 in the blocked paragraph in the last line (page 5, line 27 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the following: '2017'
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 8 in the blocked paragraph in the last line (page 6, line 10 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the following: '2017'
Amend the bill in section 5 in §3210 in subsection 9 in the last blocked paragraph in the last line (page 6, line 30 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the following: '2017'
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 8.
Amend the bill in section 10 in §3218 in subsection 3 by inserting at the end the following:
 
‘A. The commission may enter into contracts for energy efficiency capacity resources. For purposes of selecting energy efficiency capacity resources for contracting pursuant to this paragraph, the commission shall conduct a competitive solicitation in accordance with subsection 6 or contract with the Efficiency Maine Trust established in section 10103 to deliver those resources through a competitive solicitation process administered by the Efficiency Maine Trust. For the purposes of this paragraph, "energy efficiency capacity resource" means a resource that has demand response, interruptible or energy efficiency capacity recognized by the commission.’
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 12.
Amend the bill in section 13 in the last line (page 9, line 37 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2016" and inserting the following: '2017'
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. This amendment changes the date of repeal of the renewable portfolio standard from January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2017. This amendment removes portions of the bill that direct the Public Utilities Commission to select a distributed generation aggregator. Lastly, this amendment authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to contract for energy efficiency capacity resources, either through a competitive solicitation or through a contract with the Efficiency Maine Trust.