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Amend the resolve in section 2 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 7 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "13" and inserting the following: '14'
Amend the resolve in section 2 by striking out all of subsections 3 and 4 (page 1, lines 13 to 22 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘3. Four public members, one of whom must be from the northern part of the State, appointed by the President of the Senate as follows:
A. A representative of the energy storage industry;
B. A representative of the hydroelectric energy storage industry;
C. A representative of an electric utility in the State; and
D. An academic in the field of energy storage;
4. Four public members appointed by the Speaker of the House as follows:
A. A representative of a conservation organization;
B. A representative of a business that uses significant electric power in the State;
C. A representative of a large-scale energy storage owner; and
D. A representative of a small-scale energy storage owner; and
5. The Public Advocate or the Public Advocate's designee.’
Amend the resolve in section 5 in subsection 4 in the last line (page 2, line 20 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "and"
Amend the resolve in section 5 by inserting after subsection 4 the following:
‘5. Review economically efficient and effective implementation approaches to energy storage targets;
6. Consider bring-your-own-device programs that offer credits for sharing stored energy with electric utilities and storm outage and response management programs for behind-the-meter energy storage to reduce peak reduction and increase resiliency; and’
Amend the resolve in section 5 by renumbering the subsections to read consecutively.
Amend the resolve by striking out all of sections 6 and 7 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 6 Staff assistance. Resolved: That, notwithstanding Joint Rule 353, the Legislative Council shall provide necessary staffing services to the commission, except that Legislative Council staff support is not authorized when the Legislature is in regular or special session.
Sec. 7 Report. Resolved: That, no later than December 4, 2019, the commission shall submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology that includes its findings and recommendations, including suggested legislation. The report may consider a review of economically efficient and effective implementation approaches for energy storage targets. The suggested legislation must include, but is not limited to, adopting procurement targets for the State for energy storage systems, both behind a customer meter and connected to transmission and distribution facilities, if proven beneficial for ratepayers in the cost-benefit analysis under section 5.’
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment makes the following changes to the resolve:
1. It increases the membership of the Commission To Study the Economic, Environmental and Energy Benefits of Energy Storage to the Maine Electricity Industry from 13 to 14, adding the Public Advocate or the Public Advocate's designee as a member, and requires one of the public members appointed by the President of the Senate to be from the northern part of the State;
2. It removes the limitation that the members representing energy storage owners specifically represent battery storage owners;
3. It amends the duties of the commission to include a review of economically efficient and effective implementation approaches to energy storage targets and consideration of bring-your-own-device programs and storm outage and response management programs for behind-the-meter energy storage to reduce peak reduction and increase resiliency;
4. It removes certain language regarding invited staff support from state agencies; and
5. It directs the commission to submit its report to the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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