Amendment #280 to H3800

Offshore Wind Price Decline

Mrs. Haddad of Somerset moves to amend the bill by adding the following sections:

“SECTION XX. Subsection b of section 83C of chapter 169 of the Acts of 2008, as inserted by chapter 188 of the acts of 2016, is hereby amended by striking out the following:-

‘; provided, however, that the department of public utilities shall not approve a long-term contract that results from a subsequent solicitation and procurement period if the levelized price per megawatt hour, plus associated transmission costs, is greater than or equal to the levelized price per megawatt hour plus transmission costs that resulted from the previous procurement’

SECTION XX. Section XX shall take effect upon passage of this Act.”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #280, as changed to H3800

Offshore Wind Price Decline