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An Act to Limit Rates Charged to Low-income Electricity Consumers

An Act to Limit Rates Charged to Low-income Electricity Consumers

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-03
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to Limit Rates Charged to Low-income Electricity Consumers

An Act to Limit Rates Charged to Low-income Electricity Consumers Reference committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Limit Rates Charged to Low-income Electricity Consumers Reference committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR3044(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR3044(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 2203 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8SECOND REGULAR SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-03 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-03-25 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2026-03-24 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2026-03-12 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2026-02-24 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2026-02-24 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2026-02-10 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Limit Rates Charged to Low-income Electricity Consumers
Reference committee:
Energy, Utilities and Technology
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Page 1 - 132LR3044(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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H.P. 1482 - L.D. 2203
An Act to Limit Rates Charged to Low-income Electricity Consumers
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3203, sub-§4-D is enacted to read:
4-D. Low-income assistance program; rate limitation. A competitive electricity
provider may not provide to a customer receiving low-income assistance authorized by
section 3214, subsection 2 generation service at a rate that is greater than the standard-offer
service rate established under section 3212 that would otherwise be applicable to that
customer. The commission may adopt rules to implement this subsection, including, but
not limited to, rules governing the sharing of low-income assistance customer data by a
transmission and distribution utility with a competitive electricity provider. Rules adopted
under this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375,
subchapter 2‑A.
APPROVED
APRIL 3, 2026
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
640
PUBLIC LAW