CHAPTER 50
S.P. 388 - L.D. 1184
Sec. 1. Energy Resources Council to study. Resolved: That the Energy Resources Council, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 3327, in coordination with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall study:
1. The costs and benefits of state government actions and options to stimulate an increase in the percentage of various alternative transportation fuels and alternatively fueled vehicles used in the State;
2. The costs and benefits of state government actions and options to stimulate an increase in the production of biofuels in the State;
3. The related goals, practices, results and markets that exist in other states and provinces, especially those that share fuel or vehicle markets with Maine;
4. The potential for synergies between alternative transportation fuel and alternative heating fuel sectors and infrastructure;
5. The costs and benefits and actual or predicted transportation energy efficiency results of other initiatives, including dense multiuse development, long-term traffic and modal demand management plans of the Department of Transportation, anti-idling campaigns and fuel economy standards for state fleets; and
6. Related federal initiatives, requirements and funding, and the implications for strategic planning and investment in the State; and be it further
Sec. 2. Energy Resources Council report. Resolved: That the Energy Resources Council shall report its interim findings and recommendations resulting from the study required in this resolve by January 31, 2004 and its final recommendations by January 31, 2005. The reports must present recommended production or usage goals for alternative transportation fuels and biofuels, recommended strategies to arrive at those goals and the predicted costs and benefits of such strategies; and be it further
Sec. 3. Costs. Resolved: That the costs of the study required in this resolve must be absorbed within the existing resources of the Energy Resources Council and member agencies.
Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.
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