This bill does the following:

1. It requires the Commissioner of Education to ensure that facility managers for school administrative districts complete the building operators certification program established and conducted under the authority of the Public Utilities Commission. Certification goals of 50% of facility managers by January 1, 2010 and 100% of facility managers by January 1, 2015 are established. The commission is required to annually report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters on the progress towards the goals and the energy savings that have been realized in school administrative districts as a result of the facility managers' completing the program;

2. It amends current law that prohibits a municipality from adopting a building energy code other than the model building energy code developed by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 121. Under this bill, a municipality could opt out of adoption of the model building energy code by notifying the commission of the municipality's decision by January 1, 2008. If a municipality fails to opt out, then it must adopt the model building energy code;

3. It expands the funding for the conservation programs established by the Public Utilities Commission, known as "Efficiency Maine," by increasing the assessment on transmission and distribution utilities over a 3-year period to a maximum of .3 cent per kilowatt-hour beginning January 1, 2009;

4. It requires the Public Utilities Commission to develop a new compensation method for transmission and distribution utilities that is not tied to the amount of electricity consumed. The commission is required to submit its method to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters by January 15, 2007;

5. It requires the Public Utilities Commission to seek a waiver from the federal Department of Energy for energy standards for residential furnaces and boilers. The commission is required to develop new standards for furnaces and boilers based on standards developed in other New England states; and

6. It requires the Governor's Office of Energy Independence and Security in the Executive Department, State Planning Office