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Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities matters and the
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction
over transportation matters. Either the joint standing committee
of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities matters or
the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction
over transportation matters, after consultation between the
committees, may report out legislation on the subject matter of
the report to the First Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature.

 
Sec. A-3. Transfer from General Fund to Highway Fund. The State
Controller shall transfer $20,000 from the General Fund
unappropriated surplus to the Highway Fund unappropriated surplus
no later than June 30, 2007.

 
PART B

 
Sec. B-1. 35-A MRSA §3212, sub-§4-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 665,
§2, is repealed.

 
Sec. B-2. 35-A MRSA §3212, sub-§§4-B and 4-C are enacted to read:

 
4-B. Demand response and energy efficiency.__The commission
may incorporate cost-effective demand response and energy
efficiency into the supply of standard-offer service.__The
commission shall encourage entities based in this State that are
not otherwise either a standard-offer service provider or its
affiliate to participate in supplying cost-effective demand
response or energy efficiency pursuant to this subsection.

 
4-C.__Authority to establish various contract lengths and
terms.__For the purpose of providing over a reasonable time
period the lowest price for standard-offer service to residential
and small commercial customers, the commission, with respect to
residential and small commercial standard-offer service, may, in
addition to incorporating cost-effective demand response and
energy efficiency pursuant to subsection 4-B and to the extent
authorized in section 3210-C, incorporating the energy portion of
any contracts entered into pursuant to section 3210-C, establish
various standard-offer service contract lengths and terms.

 
Sec. B-3. Review of authority to establish various contract lengths and terms. By
January 15, 2008, the Public Utilities Commission shall report to
the joint standing committee of the Legislature having
jurisdiction over utilities matters on its use of the authority
granted under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section
3212, subsection 4-C to establish various

 
standard-offer service contract lengths and terms for residential


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