95- 648 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 10

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 648-2-10 - TRIENNIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION PLAN

A. Plan Preparation. The trustees shall participate in the preparation and adoption of a periodic Triennial Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan. An initial draft of the components of a Plan to be funded by the Trust shall be undertaken in conjunction with the Maine Energy Conservation Board, pursuant to 35-A M.R.S.A. §§10007(6) and 10008(7) and the final Plan shall be presented to the Board for its review.

B. Plan Adoption. The trustees may designate employees, staff or contractors of the Trust to participate in the preparation of a Triennial Plan or to substitute for one or more trustees in the Plan's preparation, provided that the vote required of each trustee in the final adoption of a Triennial Plan must be made by that trustee.

C. Interim Plan. Prior to the adoption of the first Triennial Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan pursuant to this Chapter, the trustees shall cooperate with the Maine Energy Conservation Board in consultation with the Department, the Office of Energy Independence and Security and the Commission to create an Interim Plan establishing general program areas in which individual bid competitions, RFP's, PON's and sole source contract arrangements may be undertaken with service providers during the budget year. In designating program areas in an Interim Plan, the trustees may consider the following:

1. Potential to develop capacity for the delivery of cost-effective programs in the future in a more economical and efficient manner by funding programs that demonstrate program feasibility and are likely to reduce delivery and oversight costs in the future;

2. Promotion of job training, workforce development and general economic development in the State where practicable, consistent with the Trust's legislative authority pursuant to 35-A M.R.S.A. §10008;

3. Consistency with delivery models in other states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in order to permit service providers to offer programs or projects benefiting from increased economies of scale; and

4. Record of program successes, in this State or elsewhere; that increase the likelihood of more rapid implementation, increased cost effectiveness or the capture of collateral efficiency opportunities if a specific program, project or service receives Trust funding.

D. Public Comment. Prior to adopting the components of the Interim Plan or of a Triennial Plan, the trustees will solicit and accept comment from the public.

95- 648 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 10