Amendment #1 to H4019
Governor's Amendment
Mr. Speliotis of Danvers recommended the following amendment:
Engrossed Bill relative to offshore wind contract pricing (see House, No. 4019) being sections 69, 103, 104 and 108 contained in the Engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements (see House, No. 4000), which was returned by His Excellency the Governor pursuant to Article LVI with recommendation of amendment specified by him, (see Attachment E of House, No. 4014)
Reports recommending that the amendment recommended by His Excellency the Governor be considered in the following form:
By striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the following:-
“SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of section 83C of chapter 169 of the acts of 2008, as inserted by section 12 of chapter 188 of the acts of 2016, is hereby amended by striking out, in the fifth sentence, the following words:- 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 2. Subsection (b) of section 83C of chapter 169 of the acts of 2008, as inserted by section 12 of chapter 188 of the acts of 2016, is hereby amended by adding, in the fifth sentence, the following words:- 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 3. Section 1 shall apply to any long-term contract that results from a solicitation issued in calendar year 2019.
SECTION 4. Section 1 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. Sections 2 and 4 shall take effect on January 1, 2021.
SECTION 6. Except as otherwise specified this act shall take effect as of July 1, 2019.”