Amendment #158 to H4100

Incorporating Small Renewable Hydroelectric Generation into the RPS

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, deMacedo of Plymouth, Adams of Andover, Barrows of Mansfield, Bastien of Gardner, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Boldyga of Southwick, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Diehl of Whitman, Durant of Spencer, Fattman of Sutton, Ferguson of Holden, Frost of Auburn, Gifford of Wareham, Harrington of Groton, Howitt of Seekonk, Humason of Westfield, Hunt of Sandwich, Kuros of Uxbridge, Levy of Marlborough, Lombardo of Billerica, Lyons of Andover, O'Connell of Taunton, Orrall of Lakeville, Ross of Attleboro, Smola of Palmer, Vieira of Falmouth, Webster of Pembroke, Winslow of Norfolk and Wong of Saugus move to amend the bill by inserting after section xx the following sections:—

“SECTION AA. Subsection (b) of section 11F of chapter 25A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking, in line 35, the following words:— and (7)

SECTION BB. Subsection (c) of section 11F of chapter 25A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 63, the number “25” and inserting in the place thereof the following number:— 30

SECTION CC. Subsection (c) of section 11F of chapter 25A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 65, the number “25” and inserting the place thereof the following number:— 30

SECTION DD. Subsection (c) of section 11F of chapter 25A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 66, the following words:—  and (iii) no such facility shall involve pumped storage of water or construction of any new dam or water diversion structure constructed later than January 1, 1998;

SECTION EE. Subsection (d) of section 11F of chapter 25A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 94, the following words:— pumped storage of water nor

SECTION FF. Subsection (d) of section 11F of said chapter 25A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in line 93, the number “5” and inserting the place thereof the following number:— 30

SECTION GG. Section 11F of chapter 25A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (i) the following new subsections:—

(j) No retail supplier shall be required to make alternative compliance payments pursuant to section 11F until the department has adopted regulations allowing for each retail supplier, in satisfying its annual obligations under subsection (a), to provide a portion of the required minimum percentage of kilowatt-hours sales of energy generated by new renewable energy sources from energy generated by new hydroelectric facilities as prescribed in subsections (b), (c), and (d).”.