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ME LD515
Bill
Status
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Michael Soboleski
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AI Summary
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Repeals provisions of Public Law 2019, chapter 478 that established Maine's current net energy billing and distributed generation framework, including sections 3209-A, 3209-B, 3209-C, and 3209-E of Title 35-A
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Requires the Public Utilities Commission to initiate rulemaking within 60 days to restore net energy billing rules to be substantively equivalent to those in effect on March 29, 2017
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Redefines "distributed generation resource" as renewable energy facilities with nameplate capacity between 1-2 megawatts that either participated in a utility cluster study or received ISO-New England transmission approval by April 30, 2024
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Repeals Chapter 34-C of Title 35-A in its entirety, which governed distributed generation programs and procurement requirements
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Maintains state energy storage goals of 300 megawatts by December 31, 2025 and 400 megawatts by December 31, 2030, while relocating the definition of "energy storage system" to a general definitions section
Legislative Description
An Act to Reverse Recent Changes Made to the Law Governing Net Energy Billing and Distributed Generation
Electric Utilities
Last Action
Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
6/16/2025