An Act to Lower
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0839
Committee Amendment CA_A_S223 (Senate)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §3209-F

COMMirTEE AMENDMENT "/T" to S,P. 372, L.D. 839, "An Act to Lower
Consumer Electricity Costs by Prohibiting the Recovery Through Rates of Costs
Attributable to Net Energy Billing"
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
'An Act to Create the Net Energy Billing Cost Stabilization Fund'
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the
following:
'See. I. 35-A MRSA §3209-F is enacted to read:
§3209-F. Net Enerev BiIIine Cost Stabilization Fund
1. Fund established. There is established the Net Energy BjHine Cost Stabilization
Fund. referred to in this section as "the fund." as an accounLvriltfun the fioumussion. The
fund is a nonlapsing. revojvine fund administered by the commission for the purpose of
offsettinp the costs to ratepayers associated with the net energy billing proeram under
section 3209-A and section 3209-B.
2,_Sourcesfor fuiicL^ The commission may receive and deposit in the fund funds from
the followine sources:
A. Federal funds and awards that inayj?e_used ^
B. ApDropriations and transfers authorized by the Leaislature; and
CL Anyother &nds from.Diu^ or urivate sources received for the purposes of this
section,
3. Use of funds. To the extent that funds are available, the commission shall use the
fund exclusivelv to make payments to reimburse transmission and distribution utilities for
any costs incurred as a result of (lie net enerev bilIJQB proeram under section 3209-A and
section 3209-B that would have otherwise been paid by ratepayers.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " W to S.P. 372, L.D. 839
I 4. Rules. The commission may adopt mles to iinolement this section. Rules adoDted
mirsuatit toihis subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5. chapter 375,
subchapter 2-A.
5, Report. By February 1st of any year in which the commission has paid a
.reimbursement froniihe fund to a transmission and disfribution utility in the prior calendar
year, the commission shall provide a report to the joint standinR committee of the
Leeislature havine jurisdiction over electricity m<^tters that includes the amount of the
reimbursement paid in the prior calendar year, the sQurce of anyjxmds received by the fund
in the prior calendar year and any other relevant information as determined by the
commission. The committee may report out a bill related to the commission's report.
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
allocations are made.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Net Energy Billing Cost Stabilization Fund N540
Initiative: Provides one-time innding for the purpose of making payments to transmission
and distribution utilities that would have otherwise been paid by ratepayers.
GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27
AHOther $500 $0
1920 GENERAL FUND TOTAL $500 $0
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
number to read consecutively,
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill and changes the title. It establishes the Net Energy
Billing Cost Stabilization Fund within the Public Utilities Commission. It provides that the
fund must be used to reimburse a transmission and distribution utility for any costs incurred
as a result of the State's net energy billing programs that would have otherwise been paid
by ratepayers. It requires the commission to submit to the joint standing committee of the
Legislature having jurisdiction over electricity matters a report that includes information
about funds received by the fund and used for reimbursements for any year in which the
commission pays reunbursements through the fund. It authorizes the commission to adopt
rules to implement the requirements of the legislation. It includes a $500 appropriation for
the Net Energy Billing Cost Stabilization Fund.
5 FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
Page2"132LE0706(02)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Approved: 05,16/25 i-Kt-
LD 839 LR 706(02)
An Act to Lower Consumer Electricity Costs by Prohibiting the Recovery Through Rates of Costs
Attributable to Net Energy Billing
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "/^
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Projections Projections
FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 FY 2028-29
Net Cosf (Savings)
General Fund $500 $0 $0 $0
Appropriations/AIIocaHons
General Fund $500 $0 $0 $0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill establishes the Net Energy Billing Stabilization Fund within the Public Utilities Commission and includes a
one-time General Fund appropriation to the fund of $500 in fiscal year 2025-26.
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