# Maine LD 1964: An Act to Establish Additional Requirements Related to the Sale or Lease of Net Energy Billing Interests and Solar Energy Equipment Maine LD 1964, An Act to Establish Additional Requirements Related to the Sale or Lease of Net Energy Billing Interests and Solar Energy Equipment, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Russell J. Black (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-19 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 575); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1964-132 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 1964 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Establish Additional Requirements Related to the Sale or Lease of Net Energy Billing Interests and Solar Energy Equipment - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-05-13 - Last action: 2026-03-19, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 575 - Sponsor: Russell J. Black (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: ELECTRIC UTILITIES, ELECTRIC UTILITIES - DELIVERY - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Consumer rules for shared solar deals: benefit, low. Shared‑solar and similar contracts tied to net energy billing count as consumer merchandise, and solar energy equipment is covered too. That means Maine’s consumer‑protection rules and enforcement apply to those deals. Net energy billing arrangements must also follow applicable state consumer‑prote… - No fake utility or government ties: benefit, low. The law bans false claims of being your electric utility or a government program when selling, leasing, installing, or financing an electricity product. This is illegal under the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act. It helps you spot and avoid deceptive sales. - Standard solar sales disclosures and cost info: benefit, low. Beginning June 1, 2026, sellers and lessors must give you a standard written disclosure before you buy or lease solar equipment on the customer side of the meter. It must include contact info, system design, total costs, average interconnection costs by project size, warranties, who is responsible… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Russell J. Black (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Steven Foster (Republican), House ## Actions (9) - 2026-03-19: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 575 - 2026-03-10: PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2026-03-05: 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) - 2026-03-03: CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-511).In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2026-02-26: COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-511)Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence. (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Report READ and ACCEPTED.Bill READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (S-511) READ and ADOPTED. ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY. (Senate) - 2025-06-25: CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800. (Senate) - 2025-05-13: The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-05-13: 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-511), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0771&item=4&snum=132) - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0771&item=5&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0771&item=1&snum=132) ## Related bills - LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed) - LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed) - 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-511), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0771&item=4&snum=132) - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0771&item=5&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0771&item=1&snum=132) ## Related - [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) - [Maine bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine/bills) - [Maine state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1964-132 (as of 2026-10-17).