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| | | Resolve, Relating to Renewable Resources |
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| | | Sec. 1. Public Utilities Commission examination. Resolved: That the Public | | Utilities Commission shall examine mechanisms designed to ensure | | a secure, adequate and reliable supply of electricity for state | | residents and to maintain and increase the State's use of | | renewable and indigenous resources. In particular, the | | commission shall examine mechanisms that would provide adequate | | support for indigenous Maine generation facilities, including, | | but not limited to, hydroelectric facilities with a capacity of | | 30 megawatts or less, biomass generators and hydrogen-based fuel | | cell generators. The commission shall develop an analysis that | | articulates, to the extent possible, the cost of achieving the | | various goals and the most effective forms of each of the | | following support mechanisms: |
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| | | 1. A renewable portfolio requirement, similar in design to | | the current requirement under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title | | 35-A, section 3210, with appropriate modifications to ensure that | | it is both effective and permits a reasonable estimate of the | | cost to consumers; |
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| | | 2. A system benefits charge, with clearly articulated | | mechanisms for collecting and disbursing funds; |
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| | | 3. A mechanism that would use purchases from Maine's | | renewable generators to satisfy a portion of standard offer | | supply, with appropriate specificity for how such purchases would | | affect consumer prices, by and from whom purchases would be made, | | for what period of time any renewable portion of the standard | | offer supply should be offered and the impact on other features |
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