An Act To Increase the Percentage of Renewable Power in Systems of Very Large Investor-owned Transmission and Distribution Utilities
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3201, sub-§20 is enacted to read:
Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§3-A is enacted to read:
If a competitive electricity provider represents to a customer that the provider is selling to the customer a portfolio of supply sources that includes more than the required percentage of eligible resources under this section, the resources necessary to supply more than the required percentage of that customer's load may not be applied to meet the aggregate percentage portfolio requirement.
The commission shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
summary
This bill requires that, beginning in 2008, a competitive electricity provider selling electricity to the public in an area served by an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility that serves more than 500,000 customers in the State must increase the percentage of its portfolio of supply sources provided by renewable resources. Specifically, such a competitive electricity provider must increase the percentage of its supply portfolio provided by eligible resources, including renewable and efficient resources, by one percentage point per year, beginning at the current requirement of 30% and increasing from 31% to 40% in the years 2008 through 2017.