Amendment #527 to H4000

St. Joseph's Abbey Solar Farm

Ms. Gobi of Spencer moves to amend the bill by inserting after section 16 the following section:

“SECTION 16A.  Section 11F, as amended by chapter 209 of the acts of 2012, of chapter 25A of the General Laws, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:

(j) In adopting any regulation after January 1, 2014 to establish a minimum percentage obligation under subsection (g), the department shall qualify one hundred percent of the electricity for receipt of credit to meet retail suppliers’ obligations under said minimum percentage produced by any on-site renewable energy generating resource that otherwise meets the requirements under said subsection (g) and said resource is located on real property owned by not-for-profit organizations as of January 1, 2010.  For purposes of this section, ‘not-for-profit organization’ shall mean an organization which has as its purpose among those listed in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that is incorporated under state law as a not-for-profit corporation.”