Amend the amendment in section 2 in §3209-A in subsection 3 in the 3rd line (page 2, line 20 in amendment) by striking out the following: " 200" and inserting the following: ' 100'

Amend the amendment in section 2 in §3209-A in subsection 4 in the 2nd line (page 2, line 28 in amendment) by striking out the following: " 2021" and inserting the following: ' 2019'

Amend the amendment in section 3 in the 3rd line (page 2, line 34 in amendment) by striking out the following: "2021" and inserting the following: '2020'

Amend the amendment in section 3 in the last paragraph in the last 2 lines (page 3, lines 27 and 28 in amendment) by striking out the following: "First Regular Session of the 130th Legislature" and inserting the following: 'Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature'

summary

This amendment makes the following changes to Committee Amendment "A."

1. It requires a net energy billing customer to receive 100% of the net energy of an eligible facility for the customer's transmission and distribution bill until December 31, 2019 instead of December 31, 2021.

2. It changes from 200 to 100 the limit on the number of eligible customers that may participate in a single shared interest in an eligible facility or the number of meters associated with a single shared interest, except in the service territory of a transmission and distribution utility located in an area administered by the independent system administrator for northern Maine.

3. It changes the report date for the Public Utilities Commission to January 1, 2020 for recommendations on how to transition from net energy billing to time-of-use rates, market-based rates or other rate design options and changes the session of the Legislature to which the commission reports to reflect the date change.