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MaineLD 1792132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)SenateWALLET

An Act to Ensure Fair and Equitable Recovery of Post-restructuring Stranded Costs

Sponsored By: Nicole C. Grohoski (Democratic)

Became Law

ELECTRIC UTILITIESELECTRIC UTILITIES - PLANNING

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

PUC limits impacts on home power bills

The commission must keep bill impacts on residential customers as small as possible. This applies when it assigns net energy billing costs and long-term contract costs by rate class. The goal is to limit increases for homeowners and renters.

PUC weighs costs for high demand businesses

When assigning these energy costs, the commission must consider the economic viability of businesses in that rate class. This applies to customers with instantaneous demand of 400 kilowatts or more, or who take service at subtransmission or transmission voltage. The commission should avoid allocations that threaten those businesses.

New rules to split costs across utilities

The commission allocates net energy billing costs to each investor-owned utility based on its retail kilowatt-hour sales to customers who pay those costs. If a utility gets a monetized net financial benefit from local distributed generation that is not already in rates, that benefit must reduce its share. The commission may decide the method and can order transfers of funds between utilities. For both net energy billing and long-term contracts, the split groups each customer rate class across both investor-owned utilities. For long-term contracts, the commission makes this allocation each year.

PUC must start case, report by 2026

Within 14 days after the law takes effect, the commission must start a case to split net energy billing costs and long-term contract costs and benefits as the law requires. The commission must issue an order as fast as possible. By January 10, 2026, it must send a report with data and any order to the Legislature's Energy Committee. The committee may use the report to propose a bill in the next session.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Nicole C. Grohoski

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 156 • No: 26

Senate vote • 6/16/2025

ENACTMENT-EMERGENCY

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 6/12/2025

ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

Yes: 122 • No: 26

Actions Timeline

  1. ACTPUB Chapter 391

    5/1/2026

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 561 Yeas 34 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

    6/16/2025Senate

  3. This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.PASSED TO BE ENACTED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    6/16/2025House

  4. The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-357) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) thereto.ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    6/13/2025House

  5. On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate INSISTED to PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-357) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) thereto, in NON-CONCURRENCE. Sent down for concurrence

    6/13/2025Senate

  6. Reports READ.On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.ROLL CALL NO. 463(Yeas 122 - Nays 26 - Absent 1 - Excused 2)The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (S-357) was READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-357). In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    6/12/2025House

  7. Reports ReadOn motion by Senator INGWERSEN of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. Bill READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (S-357) READ. On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-357) READ and ADOPTED. Committee Amendment "A" (S-357) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) ADOPTED thereto. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-357) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-373) thereto Sent down for concurrence

    6/12/2025Senate

  8. Reports READ On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (S-357) READ. READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-357) Sent down for concurrence.

    6/12/2025Senate

  9. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    4/24/2025House

  10. Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

    4/24/2025Senate

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