Amendment ID: S1973-19

Amendment 19

Clean Energy Generation

Mr. Pacheco moves to amend the bill by inserting, after section ___, the following new section:­

"SECTION__.Chapter 169 of the Acts of 2008, as amended by Chapter 209 of the Acts of 2012, is hereby further amended by inserting after the final paragraph the following paragraph:

Any proposal submitted under this section 83A may include clean energy generation only up to a level necessary to firm and assure delivery of Class I resources under that proposal. For the purposes of this section 83A, clean energy generation shall mean, individually or collectively, (i) Class I RPS eligible renewable energy generation as defined under section 11F of said chapter 25A, to the extent that such Class IO clean energy generation represents incremental generation from sources built after 2003 and delivered into the ISO New England Control Area after June 1, 2014, or (2) hydroelectric generation necessary to firm and assure delivery of Class I resources under that proposal. All clean energy generation shall use appropriate unit­specific tracking to ensure the delivery of clean energy. Notwithstanding and general of special law to the contrary, any such hydroelectric generation necessary to firm and assure delivery of Class I resources included in a long­term contract under this section shall not count towards the aggregate cap on long­term contracts under this section.

Chapter 169 of the Acts of 2008, as amended by Chapter 209 of the Acts of 2012, is hereby further amended in the first sentence of the sixth paragraph, by inserting, after the phrase, “Distribution companies shall not enter into long­term contracts under this section that would, in the aggregate,” the phrase “provide Class I resources that”."