Amendment ID: S2372-47

Amendment 47

Definition of clean energy generation and firm service hydroelectric generation

Messrs. deMacedo and OConnor move to amend the amendment in Section 12, by striking lines 80 through 82, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

“ ‘Clean energy generation’, either: (1) firm service hydroelectric generation from hydroelectric generation alone; or (2) new Class I RPS eligible resources that are firmed up with firm service hydroelectric generation.”;

and further in said Section 12, in line 84, by inserting after the words “General Laws.” the following words: -

“‘Firm service hydroelectric generation’, hydroelectric generation that is: (i) in full commercial operation by December 31, 2020; (ii) provided without interruption for a period designated in a long-term contract, including but not limited to multiple hydroelectric run-of-the-river generation units managed in a portfolio that creates firm service though the diversity of multiple units.”.