Chapter 129
2011 -- H 6104 SUBSTITUTE A AS
AMENDED
Enacted 06/29/11
A N A C T
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - DISTRIBUTED GENERATION STANDARD CONTRACTS
Introduced By: Representatives Ruggiero, Edwards, Walsh, Chippendale, and Tanzi
Date Introduced: May 04, 2011
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Title 39 of the General Laws entitled
"PUBLIC UTILITIES AND
CARRIERS" is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following chapter:
CHAPTER
26.2
DISTRIBUTED
GENERATION STANDARD CONTRACTS
39-26.2-1.
Short title. – This chapter shall be known as
and may be cited as “The
Distributed Generation Standard Contracts Act."
39-26.2-2.
Purpose. – The purpose of this chapter is to
facilitate and promote installation
of grid-connected generation of renewable energy;
support and encourage development of
distributed renewable energy generation systems; reduce
environmental impacts; reduce carbon
emissions that contribute to climate change by encouraging the
local siting of renewable energy
projects; diversify the state’s energy generation sources;
stimulate economic development;
improve distribution system resilience and reliability; and
reduce distribution system costs.
39-26.2-3.
Definitions. – When used in this chapter, the
following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(1) “Annual target”
means the target for total renewable energy nameplate capacity of
new distributed generation standard contracts set out in section
39-26.2-3.
(2) “Commission”
means the
(3) “Board” shall
mean the distributed generation standard contract board established
pursuant to the provisions of chapter 39-26.2-9, or the office
of energy resources. Until such time
as the board is duly constituted, the office of energy
resources shall serve as the board with the
same powers and duties pursuant to this chapter.
(4) “Distributed
generation contract capacity” means ten percent (10%) of an electric
distribution company’s minimum long-term contract capacity under
the long-term contracting
standard for renewable energy in section 39-26.1-2, inclusive
of solar capacity. The distributed
generation contract capacity shall be reserved for acquisition
by the electric distribution company
through standard contracts pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter.
(5) “Distributed
generation facility” means an electrical generation facility that is a newly
developed renewable energy resource as defined in section 39-26.1-2,
located in the electric
distribution company’s load zone with a nameplate capacity no
greater than five megawatts (5
MW), using eligible renewable energy resources as
defined by section 39-26-5, including biogas
created as a result of anaerobic digestion, but, specifically
excluding all other listed eligible
biomass fuels, and connected to an electrical power system
owned, controlled, or operated by the
electric distribution company.
(6) “Distributed
generation project” means a distinct installation of a distributed
generation facility. An installation will be considered distinct
if it is installed in a different
geographical location and at a different time, or if it involves a
different type of renewable energy
class.
(7) "Electric
distribution company" means a company defined in subdivision 39-1-2(12),
supplying standard offer service, last resort service, or any
successor service to end-use
customers, but not including the Block Island Power Company or
the Pascoag Utility District.
(8) “Large
distributed generation project” means a distributed generation project that has
a nameplate capacity that exceeds the size of a small
distributed generation project in a given
year, but is no greater than five megawatts (5 MW)
nameplate capacity.
(9) “Program year”
means a calendar year beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
(10) “Renewable
energy classes” means categories for different renewable energy
technologies using eligible renewable energy resources as defined
by section 39-26-5. For each
program year, the board shall determine the renewable energy
classes as are reasonably feasible
for use in meeting distributed generation objectives from
renewable energy resources and are
consistent with the goal of meeting the annual target for the
program year. For the program year
ending December 31, 2012, there shall be at least four (4)
technology classes and at least two (2)
shall be for solar generation technology, and at least one
shall be for wind. The board may add,
eliminate, or adjust renewable energy classes for each program
year with public notice given at
least sixty (60) days previous to any renewable energy
class change becoming effective. For each
program year, the board shall set renewable energy class
targets for each class established. Class
targets are the total program-year target amounts of
nameplate capacity reserved for standard
contracts for each renewable energy class. The sum of all the
class targets shall equal the annual
target.
(11) “Renewable
energy credit” means a
renewable energy certificate as defined in subdivision
39-26-2(15);
(12) “Small
distributed generation project” means a distributed generation project that
has a nameplate capacity no larger than the following:
Solar: five hundred kilowatts (500 KW);
Wind: one and one-half megawatts (1.5 MW). For
technologies other than solar and wind, the
board shall set the nameplate capacity size limits, but
such limits may not exceed one megawatt.
The board may lower the nameplate capacity from year
to year for any of these categories, but
may not increase the capacity beyond what is specified in
this definition. In no case may a
project developer be allowed to segment a distributed
generation project into smaller sized
projects in order to fall under this definition.
(13) “Standard
contract” means a contract with a term of fifteen (15) years at a fixed rate
for the purchase of all capacity, energy, and attributes
generated by a distributed generation
facility. A contract may have a different term if it is
mutually agreed to by the seller and the
electric distribution company and it is approved by the
commission. The terms of the standard
contract for each program year and for each renewable energy
class shall be set pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter.
(14) “Standard
contract ceiling price” means the standard contract price for the output of
a distributed generation facility which price is
approved annually for each renewable energy class
pursuant to the procedure established in this chapter, for the
purchase of energy, capacity,
renewable energy certificates, and all other environmental
attributes and market products that are
available or may become available from the distributed
generation facility.
39-26.2-4.
Standard contracts – Annual targets. – (a) To
the extent eligible projects are
available and submit conforming applications, an electric
distribution company shall enter into
standard contracts for an aggregate nameplate capacity of at
least forty megawatts (40 MW) of
distributed generation projects by the end of 2014, unless such
schedule is extended by the board.
The contracting shall be spread over four (4) years,
based on the annual targets, aggregated to
reflect annual targets from prior program years, contained in
the following four (4) year phased
schedule, unless such schedule is adjusted by the board in any
given year:
(1) By December 30,
2011: a minimum of five megawatts (5 MW) nameplate;
(2) By December 30,
2012: a minimum aggregate of twenty megawatts (20 MW)
nameplate;
(3) By December 30,
2013: a minimum aggregate of thirty megawatts (30 MW)
nameplate;
(4) By December 30,
2014: a minimum aggregate of forty megawatts (40 MW)
nameplate.
(b) By October 15,
2011 and each calendar year following until October 15, 2013, the
board may recommend to the commission that the annual
target for the following program year
be adjusted upward to reflect any shortfalls in meeting
the previous program year’s annual target
or to reflect any standard contracts entered into during
prior program years that are voided. The
board may also recommend to the commission that the annual
target for the following program
year be adjusted downward by any amounts that the previous
program year’s annual targets were
exceeded by the standard contracts entered into during that
program year.
(c) The board may,
based on market data and other information available to it including
pricing for standard contracts received during previous
program years, recommend a reduction of
the annual target for the upcoming program year where the
board determines that market
conditions would be likely to produce unfavorably high target
pricing for standard contracts
during that upcoming program year. In considering such
issues, the board may take into account
the reasonableness of current pricing and its impact on
all electric distribution customers who will
be paying for the output for up to twenty (20) years at
such prices. The board may also
recommend an extension of time to achieve the forty megawatt
(40 MW) target, to allow for
contracting to occur after 2014, if necessary.
(d) The electric
distribution company must contract for at least forty megawatts (40
MW) of nameplate capacity distributed generation
projects by the end of 2014, unless such
schedule is extended by the board. The electric distribution
company may not be required to
contract for more than forty megawatts (40 MW) or the
distributed generation contract capacity,
but may do so voluntarily, subject to commission
approval.
(e) Each year, the
board shall file its recommendations relating to the schedule, along
with its report and recommendations regarding ceiling
prices, for the commission’s review and
approval as specified in subsection 39-26.2-5(b).
(f) Nothing in this
chapter shall derogate from the statutory authority of the commission
or the division, including, but not limited to, the
authority to protect ratepayers from unreasonable
rates.
39-26.2-5.
Standard contract ceiling price. – (a) Within a period of time sufficient to
accomplish the purposes of this section, but not longer than
ninety (90) days after the effective
date of this chapter, the board shall set ceiling prices
and annual targets for each renewable
energy class of distributed generation for the 2011 program
year and make a filing with the
commission pursuant to this chapter recommending such prices and
targets. Thereafter annually
by no later than October 15 of each year, the board
shall make filings with the commission to
recommend the standard contract ceiling prices and annual
targets for each renewable energy
class of distributed generation facility. The ceiling price
for each technology should be a price
that would allow a private owner to invest in a given
project at a reasonable rate of return, based
on recent reported and forecast information on the cost
of capital, and the cost of generation
equipment. The calculation of the reasonable rate of return for
a project shall include where
applicable any state or federal incentives including, but not
limited to, tax incentives. In setting
the ceiling prices, the board also may consider: (1)
Transactions for newly developed renewable
energy resources, by technology and size, in the ISO-NE
region and the northeast corridor; (2)
Pricing for standard contracts received during the
previous program year; (3) Environmental
benefits, including, but not limited to, reducing carbon
emissions, and system benefits; and (4)
Cost effectiveness. The board shall in performing this
assessment involve representation from its
advisory council, if applicable, and from the office of energy
resources, the electric distribution
company, and the energy efficiency and resources management
council. The board shall hold,
with at least ten (10) business days notice, a public
community review meeting. The board shall
issue a report of its findings from the assessment process
recommending standard contract ceiling
prices for the upcoming program year. Such report shall be
filed with the commission, along with
a recommendation for the approval of the ceiling prices
for the program year.
(b) The commission
shall open a docket to consider for approval ceiling prices proposed
by the board. In reviewing the recommended ceiling
prices the commission shall give due
consideration to the recommendations and report of the board and
the standards set forth in
subsection (a) of this section. The commission shall issue a
decision within sixty (60) days after
said recommendations and report are filed with the
commission establishing the ceiling prices to
be used by electric distribution companies in standard
contracts applicable to each renewable
energy class in order to effectuate the purposes and
provisions of this chapter.
(c) During any
program year, the board may on its own initiative, elect to revisit the
ceiling prices if the board determines that the prices are either
too low or too high. In such case, it
may make a filing with the commission to seek a
modification to the program for that year, which
shall be acted upon by the commission within sixty (60)
days. While such request is pending, the
electric distribution company may suspend executing standard
contracts until a decision is
reached on the request.
39-26.2-6.
Standard contract enrollment program. – (a) Each electric distribution
company shall conduct at least three (3) standard contract
enrollments during each program year;
however, during 2011 the electric distribution company need
only conduct one enrollment. Each
enrollment shall be open for a two (2) week period during which
the electric distribution
company is required to receive standard short-form
applications requesting standard contracts for
distributed generation energy projects. The short-form
applications shall require the applicant to
provide the project owner’s identity and the project’s
proposed location, nameplate capacity, and
renewable energy class and allow for additional information
relative to the permitting, financial
feasibility, ability to build, and timing for deployment of the
proposed projects. For small
distributed generation projects, the applicant must submit an
affidavit confirming that the project
is not a segment of a larger project being planned for
enlargement over time. For large
distributed generation projects, the short-form application shall
also require the applicant to bid a
bundled price for the sale of the energy, capacity, renewable
energy certificates, and all other
environmental attributes and market products that are available or
may become available from the
distributed generation facility, on a per kilowatt-hour basis for
the output of the project. Subject
to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) below, the
electric distribution company shall not be
required to enter into standard contracts in excess of the
annual target for the applicable program
year and shall not be required to enter into standard
contracts in excess of any limit set by the
board and approved by the commission for a given
enrollment. However, the electric distribution
company may voluntarily exceed an enrollment period limit as
long as it does not exceed an
annual target for the applicable program year.
(b) For small
distributed generation projects, the electric distribution company on a first-
come, first-served basis, shall enter into standard
contracts at the applicable standard contract
ceiling price with any distributed generation project which
meets the requirements of all
applicable tariffs and regulations, and meets the criteria of a
renewable energy class in effect,
until the class target is met. Enrollment periods will be
governed by a solicitation and enrollment
process rules that shall be filed with the commission each
October 15 by the electric distribution
company, and approved by the commission within sixty (60)
days of such filing.
(c) For large
distributed generation projects, the electric distribution company shall select
projects for standard contracts based on the lowest proposed
prices received, but not to exceed the
applicable standard contract ceiling price, provided, that the
selected projects meet the
requirements of all applicable tariffs and regulations and meet
the criteria of a renewable energy
class in effect until the class target is met. Except for
2011, no enrollment period shall seek to
enroll more than one-third (1/3) of the annual goal for the
distribution company for large
distributed generation projects.
(d) If there are more
projects than what is specified for a class target at the same price,
the electric distribution company shall review the
applications submitted and select first those
projects that appear to be the furthest along in development
and likely to be deployed. Those
projects that are likely to be deployed on the earliest
timelines shall be selected. To the extent the
electric distribution company is unable to make a clear
distinction on this basis, the electric
company shall report the results to the board and not enter
into contracts with those projects that
are tied on pricing. In such case, the board may take
such action as it deems appropriate for the
selection of projects, including seeking more information from
the projects. Alternatively, the
board may consider adjustments to the ceiling price and a
rebid, or simply wait until the next
enrollment.
(e) Should an
electric distribution company determine that it has entered into sufficient
standard contracts to achieve a program-year class target, it
shall immediately report this to the
board, the office of energy resources, and the commission,
and cease entering into standard
contracts for that renewable energy class for the remainder of
the program year. An electric
distribution company may exceed the renewable energy class target
if the last standard contract
entered into may cause the total purchased to exceed the
target.
(f) The electric
distribution company is authorized to enter into standard contracts up to
the applicable ceiling price. As long as the terms of the
standard contract are materially the same
as the standard contract terms approved by the
commission and the pricing is no higher than the
applicable ceiling price, such contracts shall be deemed prudent
and approved by the commission
for purposes of recovering the costs in rates.
(g) A distributed
generation project that also is being employed by a customer for net
metering purposes may submit an application to sell the excess
output from its distributed
generation project. In such case, however, at the election of
the self-generator all of the renewable
energy certificates and environmental attributes pertaining
to the energy consumed on site may be
sold to the electric distribution company on a
month-to-month basis outside of the terms of the
standard contract. In such case, the portion of the renewable
energy certificates that pertain to the
energy consumed on site during the net metering billing
period shall be priced at the average
market price of renewable energy certificates, which may be
determined by using the price of
renewable energy certificates purchased or sold by the electric
distribution company.
39-26.2-7.
Standard contract – Form and provisions. – The
following process shall be
implemented to establish the non-price terms and conditions of
the standard contract:
(1) A working group
(“contract working group”) shall be established and supervised by
the board, consisting of the following members: (i) The director of the office of energy resources;
(ii) A designee from the division of public utilities
and carriers; (iii) Two (2) designees of the
electric distribution company; (iv) Two (2) individuals
designated by the office of energy
resources who are experienced developers of renewable
generation projects; (v) One individual
designated by the office of energy resources who represents a customer
of the electric distribution
company; and (vi) A lawyer designated by the office of energy
resources who has at least three
(3) years of experience in
negotiating and/or developing power purchase agreements. With
respect to the lawyer designated in (vi) above, the electric
distribution company shall enter into a
cost reimbursement agreement with such lawyer, to
compensate the lawyer for the time spent
serving in the contract working group at the reasonable
hourly rate negotiated by the office of
energy resources. The costs incurred by the electric
distribution company under the
reimbursement agreement shall be recovered in rates by the electric
distribution company in the
year incurred or the year following incurrence through an
appropriate filing with the commission.
The contract working group shall be an advisory group
that is not to be considered to be an
agency for purposes of the administrative procedures act or
any other laws pertaining to public
bodies.
(2) The contract
working group shall work in good faith to develop standard contracts
that would be applicable for various technologies for both
small and large distributed generation
projects. The standard contracts should balance the need for
the project to obtain financing
against the need for the distribution company to protect
itself and its distribution customers
against unreasonable risks. The standard contract should be
developed from contracting terms
typically utilized in the wholesale power industry, taking into
account the size of each project and
the technology. The standard contracts shall provide for
the purchase of energy, capacity,
renewable energy certificates, and all other environmental
attributes and market products that are
available or may become available from the distributed
generation facility. However, the electric
distribution company shall retain the right to separate out
pricing for each market product under
the contracts for administrative and accounting purposes
to avoid any detrimental accounting
effects or for administrative convenience, provided that such
accounting as specified in the
contract does not affect the price and financial benefits to the
seller as a seller of a bundled
product. The standard contract also shall:
(i)
Hold the distributed generation facility owner liable for the cost of
interconnection
from the distributed generation facility to the
interconnect point with the distribution system, and
for any upgrades to the existing distributed generation
system that may be required by the electric
distribution company. However, a distributed generation facility
owner may appeal to the
commission to reduce any required system upgrade costs to the
extent such upgrades can be
shown to benefit other customers of the electric
distribution company and the balance of such
costs shall be included in rates by the electric
distribution company for recovery in the year
incurred or the year following incurrence;
(ii) Require the
distributed generation facility owner to make a performance guarantee
deposit to the electric distribution company of fifteen
dollars ($15.00) for small distributed
generation projects or twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for large
distributed generation projects for
every renewable energy certificate estimated to be
generated per year under the contract, but at
least five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than seventy-five
thousand dollars ($75,000), paid
at the time of contract execution;
(iii) Require the
electric distribution company to refund the performance guarantee
deposit on a pro-rated basis of renewable energy credits
actually delivered by the distributed
generation facility over the course of the first year of the
project’s operation, paid quarterly;
(iv)
Provide that if the distributed generation facility has not
generated the output
proposed in its enrollment application within eighteen (18)
months after execution of the contract,
the contract is automatically voided and the performance
guarantee is forfeited. Any forfeited
performance guarantee deposits shall be credited to all
distribution customers in rates and not
retained by the electric distribution company;
(v) Provide for
flexible payment schedules that may be negotiated between the buyer and
seller, but shall be no longer than quarterly if an
agreement cannot be reached;
(vi) Require that an
electric meter which conforms with standard industry
norms be
installed to measure the electrical energy output of the
distributed generation facility, and require
a system or procedure by which the distributed
generation facility owner shall demonstrate
creation of renewable energy credits, in a manner recognized
and accounted for by the GIS; such
demonstration of renewable energy credit creation to be at the
distributed generation facility
owner’s expense. The electric distribution company may, at
its discretion, offer to provide such a
renewable energy credit measurement and accounting system or
procedure to the distributed
generation facility owner, and the distributed generation
facility owner may, at its discretion, use
the electric distribution company’s program, or use that
of an independent third party, approved
by the commission, and the costs of such measurement and
accounting are paid for by the
distributed generation facility owner.
(3) If the contract
working group reaches agreement on the terms of standard contracts,
the board shall file the contracts with the commission
for approval. If there are any
disagreements, they shall be identified to the commission. The
commission shall review the
standard contracts for conformance with the standards set
forth in subsection (2). Should there be
any disputes, the commission shall issue an order
resolving them. To the extent the commission
needs expert assistance to resolve any disagreements noted
in the filing, the commission is
authorized to hire a consultant to assist it in the proceedings,
the costs of which shall be recovered
from electric distribution customers pursuant to a uniform
factor established by the commission
in rates for recovery by the electric distribution
company in the year incurred or the year
following incurrence, as requested through a filing by the
electric distribution company. The
commission shall issue an order approving standard forms of
contract within sixty (60) days of
the filing.
39-26.2-8.
Standard contract - Reporting. – (a) After
each enrollment during a program
year the electric distribution companies shall provide a
report to the board, office of energy
resources, and the commission of the aggregate amount of
project nameplate capacity that was
the subject of standard contracts entered into during
that enrollment and the prices under each of
the standard contracts that were executed.
(b) Each quarter of a
program year, the electric distribution company shall provide an
accounting to office of energy resource, the board, and the
commission of the total amount paid to
distributed generation facilities under standard contracts during
that quarter, until the forty
megawatt (40 MW) target is met;
(c) Until the forty
megawatt (40 MW) target is met, the electric distribution company
shall submit preliminary reports to office of energy
resources, the board, and the commission
indicating the number of standard contracts and total estimated
annual generation, price, class,
and any other relevant information for the purposes of
better specifying classes, targets, or
standard contract prices so as to achieve the purposes set
forth in this chapter. Such reports shall
be submitted no later than sixty (60) days prior to the
end of the calendar year.
39-26.2-9.
Interaction with other statutory provisions. – Except
as expressly
differentiated in this chapter, standard contracts entered into
pursuant to this chapter shall be
treated for all purposes as long-term contracts entered into
under the provisions of the long-term
contracting standards for renewable energy found in chapter 26.1
of title 39 of the general laws,
and all such provisions shall apply to such contracts.
39-26.2-10.
Establishment of board -- Purposes. – (a) There
is hereby authorized,
created and established a board to be known as "The
Distributed Generation Standard Contract
Board" with the powers and duties set forth in
this chapter.
(b) The purposes
of this board are to:
(1) Evaluate and
make recommendations to the commission regarding ceiling prices and
annual contracting targets, the make-up of renewable energy
classes, and the terms of standard
contracts under the provisions of this chapter;
(2) Provide
consistent, comprehensive, informed and publicly accountable involvement
by representatives of groups impacted by, involved in,
and knowledgeable regarding the
development of distributed generation projects that are eligible
to enter into standard contracts;
and
(3) Monitor and
evaluate the effectiveness of the distributed generation standard
contracting program for the purchase of the energy output of
distributed renewable generation
projects.
39-26.2-11.
Composition and appointment. – (a) The board shall consist of ten (10)
members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent
of the senate; seven (7) members
shall be voting members, and the governor shall give due
consideration to appointing persons
with knowledge of: (1) Energy regulation and law; (2)
Large commercial/industrial users; (3)
Small commercial/industrial users; (4) Residential
users; (5) Low income users; (6)
Environmental issues pertaining
to energy; and (7) Construction of renewable generation. Three
(3) members shall be ex
officio, non-voting members, one representing an electric distribution
company, one representing the commissioner of the office of
energy resources and one
representing the economic development corporation. From the seven
(7) voting members, the
governor shall appoint one person to be chairperson of the
board and one person to be vice
chairperson of the board; the commissioner of the office of
energy resources shall be the
executive secretary and executive director of the board.
(b) With the
exception of the representative of the commissioner of the office of energy
resources, and the representative of the economic development
corporation, the initial
appointments of the other ex officio, non-voting member shall be
appointed for a term of two (2)
years, to be thereafter reappointed or replaced by a
nonvoting member with terms of two (2)
years. Of the initial appointments of voting members, three
(3) voting members shall be
appointed for a term of two (2) years, to be thereafter
reappointed or replaced by three (3) voting
members with a term of two (2) years, and four (4) voting
members shall be appointed for a term
of one year, to be thereafter reappointed or replaced
for each of the following three (3) years by
four (4) voting members with a term of one year.
(c) A simple
majority of the total number of voting members shall constitute a quorum.
(d) A vacancy
other than by expiration shall be filled in the manner of the original
appointment but only for the unexpired portion of the term. The
appointing authority shall have
the power to remove its appointee only for just cause.
(e) The members
of the council shall not be compensated for their service but shall be
reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the
performance of their duties. The
provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to the executive
secretary/executive director.
39-26.2-12.
Powers and duties. – The board shall have the
power to:
(1) Develop and
recommend to the public utilities commission for review and approval
ceiling prices for standard contracts under the distributed
generation standard contracts;
(2) Develop and
recommend to the commission adjustments up or down to the annual
target for standard contracts for the following program
year;
(3) Monitor and
evaluate performance under the distributed generation standard contracts
act, including an assessment of ratepayer impact, to be
submitted annually in a report to the
governor and the general assembly.
(4) Participate
in proceedings of the public utilities commission that pertain to the
purposes of the board.
(5) In order to
provide funding for the purposes of engaging consultants and professional
services as necessary and appropriate for the board to fulfill
its duties and purposes, an allocation
of no less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) from
unused portions of Regional Greenhouse
Gas Initiative (“RGGI”) auction proceeds not dedicated
to efficiency measures but to overhead
expenses shall be transmitted from the office of energy
resources to the board.
39-26.2-13.
Liberal construction of chapter required. – This chapter shall be
construed
liberally in aid of its declared purposes.
39-26.2-14.
Severability. – If any provision of this
chapter or the application thereof to
any person or circumstances is held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of the chapter, which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application,
and to this end the provisions of this chapter are
declared to be severable.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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