PUBLIC Law Chapter 459

	3.__Funding level; fund.__The commission shall assess
transmission and distribution utilities to collect funds for the
solar energy rebate program in accordance with this subsection.__
The amount of all assessments by the commission under this
subsection must result in total program expenditures by each
transmission and distribution utility that do not exceed 0.005
cent per kilowatt-hour.__To the extent practicable, the
commission shall establish and collect the assessment in a manner
that is consistent with the assessment made under section 3211-A.__
The commission shall establish a solar energy rebate program fund
to be used solely for the purposes of this section.__All
assessments made under this subsection are deposited in the fund.__
Any interest on funds in the fund must be credited to the fund.__
Funds not spent in any fiscal year remain in the fund to be used
for the purposes of this section.__In each fiscal year, 25% of
the fund is allotted to solar photovoltaic system rebates and 75%
of the fund is allotted to solar thermal system rebates.

4. Rules.__The commission shall adopt rules necessary to
implement the provisions of this section, including procedures
and standards for demonstrating qualification for a rebate under
this section.__Rules adopted under this subsection are routine
technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-
A.

5.__Report.__The commission shall report by December 1st of
each year to the joint standing committee of the Legislature
having jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters a
description of actions taken by the commission pursuant to this
section during the prior 12 months.

6.__Limitation to residents of State; repeal.__Participation
in the solar energy rebate program and fund established in this
section is limited to residents of the State.__This section is
repealed December 31, 2008.

Sec. 3. Standards. The Public Utilities Commission in establishing
procedures and standards for demonstrating qualification for a
rebate under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section
3211-B shall allow a person to demonstrate the date a system was
installed by the date of a net metering arrangement with a
transmission and distribution utility or a dated bill of sale for
the system.

Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
allocations are made.

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

Solar Rebate Program Fund (new)

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