Amendment ID: S2372-35-R1

Redraft Amendment 35

Solicitation proposals

Messrs. Pacheco and Tarr move to amend the amendment in section 12, in the proposed third paragraph of proposed subsection (b) of proposed section 83C of chapter 169 of the acts of 2008 by adding the following sentence:- “Each subsequent solicitation shall seek proposals of approximately 400 to 800 megawatts, inclusive, of aggregate nameplate capacity.”; and in said section 12, in said proposed subsection (b) of said proposed section 83C of said chapter 169 by adding the following paragraph:-

“The department of energy resources shall give preference to a subsequent proposal in which the net present value of the contract price per megawatt hour that results from the subsequent procurement, plus associated total transmission costs, has decreased by at least 15 per cent from the net present value of the contract price, plus associated total transmission costs, that resulted from the previous procurement.”.