Amendment ID: S2545-45-R1

Redraft Amendment 45

Storage

Messrs. Pacheco and Lewis, Ms. L'Italien and Mr. Rodrigues move that the proposed new draft be amended in section 15, by striking out subsection (a) of proposed section 17 and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(a) The department shall establish an energy storage system target program for the deployment of energy storage systems by distribution company customers, distribution companies and municipal lighting plants to achieve a statewide energy storage deployment target of 2,000 megawatts by January 1, 2030 and a subsequent statewide energy storage deployment target to be achieved by January 1, 2035.  The department shall set annual statewide deployment targets to be achieved in each distribution company’s and municipal lighting plant’s service territory in order to reach the energy storage system targets required under this section.”; and

in said section 15, by inserting after the word “targets”, in line 138, the following words:-“; provided, however, that the department shall ensure that no distribution company shall prevent or interfere with a customer or developer’s ability to enter into agreements to own or operate behind the meter energy storage systems.”; and

in said section 15, by striking out subsection (e) of proposed section 17 and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

“(e) The department shall promulgate regulations to: (i) establish a carve-out of the alternative energy portfolio standard obligation under section 11F1/2 for energy storage systems as defined in section 1 of chapter 164; and (ii) allow each distribution company and municipal lighting plant to discharge its obligations under this section by either procuring attributes from energy storage systems that qualify under the carve-out established pursuant to this section or by making an alternative compliance payment in an amount to be established by the department. The regulations shall require distribution companies and municipal lighting plants to annually submit to the department a report that shows it is in compliance with this section.”; and

by inserting after section 28 the following section:-

“SECTION 28A. The department of energy resources shall establish the subsequent statewide energy storage deployment target required pursuant to subsection (a) of section 17 of chapter 25A of the General Laws not later than December 31, 2020.”