An Act Regarding Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Rental Properties
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 2074

Legislative Document 
No. 2074 
H.P.1468 
House of Representatives, March 16,2006 
An Act Regarding Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential 
Rental Properties 
Reported by Representative BLISS of South Portland for the Joint Standing Committee on 
Utilities and Energy pursuant to Resolve 2005, chapter 109, section 4. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 14 MRS A §6030-C is enacted to read: 
§6030-C. 
Residential energy efficiency disclosure statement 
1. Energy efficiency disclosure. A landlord or other lessor of residential property 
that will be used by a tenant or lessee as a primary residence shall provide to potential 
tenants or lessees a residential energy efficiency disclosure statement in accordance with 
Title 35-A, section 10006, subsection 1 that includes, but is not limited to, information 
about the energy efficiency of the property. 
2. Provision of statement. A landlord or other lessor shall provide the residential 
energy efficiency disclosure statement required under subsection 1 in accordance with 
this subsection. The landlord or lessor shall provide the statement to any person who 
requests the statement in person and shall post the statement in a prominent location in a 
property that is being offered for rent or lease. Before a tenant or lessee enters into a 
contract or pays a deposit to rent or lease a property, the landlord or lessor shall provide 
the statement to the tenant or lessee, obtain the tenant's or lessee's signature on the 
statement and sign the statement. The landlord or lessor shall retain the signed statement 
for a minimum of 7 years. 
Sec. 2. 35-A MRS A §10006 is enacted to read: 
§10006. Energy efficiency of rental properties 
1. 
Residential energy efficiency disclosure statement. The commission and the 
Maine State Housing Authority shall prepare a residential energy efficiency disclosure 
statement form for landlords and other lessors of residential properties to use to disclose 
to tenants and lessees information about the energy efficiency of the property in order to 
comply with Title 14, section 6030-C. The commission and the Maine State Housing 
Authority shall post and maintain the statement required by this subsection on the Internet 
in a format that is easily accessible by the public. 
2. 
Suggested energy efficiency standards. The commission and the Maine State 
Housing Authority shall prepare suggested energy efficiency standards for landlords and 
other lessors of residential property that is used by the tenant or lessee as a primary 
residence. 
The commission and the Maine State Housing Authority shall post and 
maintain the standards required by this subsection on the Internet in a format that is easily 
accessible by the public. 
Sec. 3. Report. The Public Utilities Commission shall prepare and submit a report 
to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities and 
energy matters before January 1, 2008 that provides the commission's assessment of 
whether the requirements of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 14, section 6030-C are 
achieving the purposes of informing prospective tenants of the energy efficiency 
characteristics of residential properties used as primary residences. The commission also 
shall include in its report an assessment of whether the form that the commission and the 
Maine State Housing Authority submitted on January 31, 2006 to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Utilities and Energy as part of its report pursuant to Resolve 2005, chapter 
and that, with changes suggested by the committee, will be used as the disclosure 
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statement under Title 35-A, section 10006, subsection 1, requires adjustments to achieve 
the purposes of Title 14, section 6030-C. 
SUMMARY 
This bill, reported by the Joint Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy pursuant 
to Resolve 2005, chapter 109, section 4, does the following: 
1. 
It requires landlords of residential property that will be used by tenants as a 
primary residence to provide to the tenants an energy efficiency disclosure statement for 
the property and directs the Public Utilities Commission and the Maine State Housing 
Authority to prepare and distribute an energy efficiency disclosure statement form for 
landlords to use; 
2. It directs the Public Utilities Commission and the Maine State Housing Authority 
to develop suggested energy efficiency standards for residential property used by tenants 
as their primary residence; and 
3. 
It requires the Public Utilities Commission to submit to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters before 
January 1, 2008 the commission's assessment of the effectiveness of the energy disclosure 
statement in meeting the purposes of the law. 
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LD 2074 
LR 3180(01) 
An Act Regarding Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Rental Properties 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Committee Bill 
Committee: Utilities and Energy 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
The additional costs associated with this legislation can be absorbed by the Public Utilities Commission and the Maine 
State Housing Authority utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
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