# Maine LD 1792: An Act to Ensure Fair and Equitable Recovery of Post-restructuring Stranded Costs

Maine LD 1792, An Act to Ensure Fair and Equitable Recovery of Post-restructuring Stranded Costs, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Nicole C. Grohoski (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-20 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 391); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maine LD 1792
- State: Maine
- Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to Ensure Fair and Equitable Recovery of Post-restructuring Stranded Costs
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-04-24
- Last action: 2025-06-20, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 391
- Sponsor: Nicole C. Grohoski (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: ELECTRIC UTILITIES, ELECTRIC UTILITIES - PLANNING
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (156 yes, 26 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Post-2028 rate plans favor electrification: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2028, the Commission sets stranded cost allocations and rate designs in three-year cycles. It updates amounts with annual and other reconciliations. The Commission must promote beneficial electrification in every customer class.
- Power bills add stranded cost charges: cost, medium. Investor-owned electric utilities must recover post-restructuring stranded costs by October 1, 2025. The Commission groups all customers statewide into six classes and splits costs by each class’s share of statewide kWh sales for rates before July 1, 2028. Utilities must bill by class using set spl…
- 2025-2028: homes pay more; large businesses less: mixed, medium. For rate designs that start after September 30, 2025 and before July 1, 2028, the Commission increases the allocations for residential, small, and medium commercial classes by 10% over the kWh-based amount. The large commercial class gets an equal dollar reduction. This shift ends on July 1, 2028.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Nicole C. Grohoski (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-16 | Senate | ENACTMENT-EMERGENCY | pass | 34 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-12 | House | ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP | pass | 122 | 26 |   |

## Actions (10)

- 2025-06-20: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 391
- 2025-06-16: 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 (Senate)
- 2025-06-16: 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. (House)
- 2025-06-13: 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. (House)
- 2025-06-13: 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 (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: 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. (House)
- 2025-06-12: 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 (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: 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. (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2025-04-24: 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 (Senate)

## Bill text

- Amendment C-A (S-357), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0694&item=2&snum=132)
- Amendment S-A to C-A (S-373), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0694&item=5&snum=132)
- Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0694&item=6&snum=132)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0694&item=1&snum=132)

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- LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed)
- LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed)
- LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed)
- LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed)

## Sources
- [Amendment C-A (S-357), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0694&item=2&snum=132)
- [Amendment S-A to C-A (S-373), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0694&item=5&snum=132)
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0694&item=6&snum=132)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0694&item=1&snum=132)

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- [LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1522-132)
- [LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1665-132)
- [LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retiremen…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1872-132)
- [LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2067-132)
- [LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1611-132)
- [LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1294-132)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1792-132 (as of 2026-10-17).