An Act Regarding Net Energy Billing Limits
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1332
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology
Sponsors: BERRY
Amends: 35-A MRSA §3209-A, 35-A MRSA §3209-B

Legislative Document
No. 1332
H.P. 983
House of Representatives, March 30, 2021
An Act Regarding Net Energy Billing Limits
Reference to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered 
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  35-A MRSA §3209-A, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 478, Pt. A, §3, is 
amended to read:
3.  Shared financial interest for investor-owned utility customers; limitation.  
Multiple customers of an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility that have 
distinct billing accounts with that utility may share a financial interest in a distributed 
generation resource under subsection 2.  Any number of customers of an investor-owned 
transmission and distribution utility with a shared financial interest in a distributed 
generation resource may participate in net energy billing, except that the number of eligible 
customers or meters is limited to 10 for a shared financial interest in a distributed generation 
resource located in the service territory of an investor-owned transmission and distribution 
utility located in an area administered by the independent system administrator for northern 
Maine or any successor of the independent system administrator for northern Maine unless 
the commission determines that the utility's billing system can accommodate more than 10 
accounts or meters for the purpose of net energy billing.
Sec. 2.  35-A MRSA §3209-B, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 478, Pt. A, §4, is 
amended to read:
4.  Shared financial interest; limitation.  Multiple commercial or institutional 
customers that have distinct billing accounts with an investor‑owned transmission and 
distribution utility may share a financial interest in a distributed generation resource under 
subsection 2.  Any number of commercial or institutional customers may participate in net 
energy billing with a shared interest in a distributed generation resource, except that the 
number of customers or meters is limited to 10 for a shared interest in a distributed 
generation resource located in the service territory of an investor‑owned transmission and 
distribution utility located in an area administered by the independent system administrator 
for northern Maine or any successor of the independent system administrator for northern 
Maine unless the commission determines that the utility's billing system can accommodate 
more than 10 accounts or meters for the purpose of net energy billing.
SUMMARY
Under current law, any number of customers of an investor-owned transmission and 
distribution utility with a shared financial interest in a distributed generation resource may 
participate in net energy billing, except that the number of eligible customers or meters is 
limited to 10 for a shared financial interest in a distributed generation resource located in 
the service territory of an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility located in an 
area administered by the independent system administrator for northern Maine unless the 
Public Utilities Commission determines that the utility's billing system can accommodate 
more than 10 accounts or meters for the purpose of net energy billing.  This bill removes 
this exception.