Resolve, To Encourage Regional Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Initiatives

Sec. 1. Regional energy conservation and renewable energy initiatives. Resolved: That, in the administration of energy conservation and renewable energy programs and funding, the Public Utilities Commission shall encourage collaboration between municipalities of the State in the development and implementation of regional energy conservation and renewable energy projects. The commission shall ensure that energy conservation and renewable energy programs and funding administered by the commission for which municipalities are eligible incorporate opportunities for regional projects proposed by multiple municipalities. The commission shall require a proposal for a regional energy conservation project or renewable energy project to include information regarding the expected impact of the project on the electric load of the transmission and distribution utility or utilities serving the participating municipalities; and be it further

Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That the Public Utilities Commission shall, in the annual report due on December 1, 2009 under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 3211-A, subsection 11, report on its efforts to encourage regional energy conservation and renewable energy projects pursuant to section 1.