10.__Rules.__The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section. In adopting rules, the commission shall consider the financial implications of this section on large investor- owned transmission and distribution utilities. Rules adopted under this subsection are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. The commission may not enter into or direct any large investor-owned transmission and distribution utility to enter into any contract pursuant to this section until rules are finally adopted under this subsection.

§3210-D.__Resource plan

The commission shall adopt by rule a long-term plan for electric resource adequacy for this State to ensure grid reliability and the provision or availability of electricity to consumers at the lowest cost.

After final adoption of rules under this section, the commission shall take any necessary action within its authority under this Title to support achievement of the objectives of the plan.

Rules adopted under this section are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. C-2. 37-B MRSA §742, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 353, §5, is further amended to read:

B. Upon the issuance of an energy emergency proclamation and after consulting with the Executive Department, State Planning Office, the Governor may exercise all the powers granted in this chapter, except as specifically limited by paragraph C. The powers of the Governor include, without limitation, the authority to:

(1) Establish and implement programs, controls, standards, priorities and quotas for the allocation, conservation and consumption of energy resources;

(2) Regulate the hours and days during which nonresidential buildings may be open and the temperatures at which they may be maintained;

(3) Regulate the use of gasoline and diesel-powered land vehicles, watercraft and aircraft;