§10127. School solar energy program
(REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 35-A, SECTION 10124)
The trust shall arrange power purchase agreements for solar capacity for new school construction in accordance with this section. [PL 2019, c. 347, §3 (NEW); RR 2019, c. 1, Pt. A, §55 (RAL).]
1. Competitive solicitation; bids. After construction has begun on a school construction project approved for funding by the State Board of Education, the trust shall conduct a competitive solicitation for a power purchase agreement for solar capacity to be installed on the school property. The solicitation must specify the capacity of the solar installation to be installed, which may not exceed the estimated annual electricity consumption by the school or 100 kilowatts, whichever is less, and specify the price per kilowatt hour to be paid by the school to the bidder for the term of the power purchase agreement, which must approximate, so far as possible, the price of electricity that the school would otherwise pay to acquire the electricity from the retail market.
[PL 2019, c. 347, §3 (NEW); RR 2019, c. 1, Pt. A, §55 (RAL).]
2. Bid evaluation; power purchase agreement. The trust shall establish by rule qualifications for bidders and requirements for bids for power purchase agreements submitted under subsection 1. All bids must specify the price to the school to buy the solar installation at the end of the term of the power purchase agreement.
[PL 2019, c. 347, §3 (NEW); RR 2019, c. 1, Pt. A, §55 (RAL).]
3. Award and administration. The trust shall award a power purchase agreement to the qualified bidder that offers the lowest price for the school to purchase the solar installation at the end of the term of the power purchase agreement pursuant to subsection 2. The trust shall ensure that the power purchase agreement is commercially reasonable and commits all parties to commercially reasonable behavior. The trust shall provide the final power purchase agreement to the commission and the commission shall, in accordance with rules adopted by the commission, direct the transmission and distribution utility serving the school to administer the power purchase agreement on behalf of the school in a manner, so far as possible, consistent with section 3210‑C.
[PL 2019, c. 347, §3 (NEW); RR 2019, c. 1, Pt. A, §55 (RAL).]
4. Rules. Rules adopted by the trust under this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A. Rules adopted by the commission under this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.
[PL 2019, c. 347, §3 (NEW); RR 2019, c. 1, Pt. A, §55 (RAL).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 347, §3 (NEW). RR 2019, c. 1, Pt. A, §55 (RAL).
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