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A. Initiatives to promote or support energy-intensive | | sustainable industry clusters or developments, including, | | but not limited to, metal, glass or fiber recycling | | facilities; |
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| | | B. Market-development initiatives that promote or support | | sustainable, renewable or clean energy technologies, | | including, but not limited to, solar, wind or hydrogen | | fuel cell generation cooperatives and other evolving | | technologies; |
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| | | C. Demonstration projects that promote or support clean | | transportation alternatives, including, but not limited | | to, demonstration hydrogen refueling stations and bike | | paths; |
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| | | D.__Sustainable, renewable or clean energy research and | | development projects at the University of Maine System, | | the Maine Maritime Academy, the Maine Technical College | | System or private colleges in this State; |
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| | | E.__Demonstration community projects approved by the | | Executive Department, State Planning Office pursuant to | | Title 5, 3305, subsection 1-A that use sustainable, | | renewable or clean energy technologies and are conducted | | by Maine-based nonprofit organizations that qualify under | | the federal Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c)(3), | | consumer-owned electric cooperatives, community-based | | nonprofit organizations and community action programs; and |
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| | | F. Other projects determined by the authority, in | | consultation with the Energy Resources Council, to support | | or promote the development of sustainable, renewable or | | clean energy. |
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| | | Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine | | technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter | | 2-A. |
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| | | 5.__Accounts within fund.__The authority may divide the fund | | into separate accounts as it determines necessary or | | convenient for carrying out this section. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1999, c. 372, §1, | | is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 372, §2, | | is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§7 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 7. Sustainable Energy Trust Fund; assessment.__The | | commission shall annually assess transmission and distribution |
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