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LD342 • 2025

An Act to Include Nuclear Power in the State's Renewable Portfolio Standard

An Act to Include Nuclear Power in the State's Renewable Portfolio Standard

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Sponsor
Representative Reagan Paul
Last action
2025-05-29
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 255 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act to Include Nuclear Power in the State's Renewable Portfolio Standard

An Act to Include Nuclear Power in the State's Renewable Portfolio Standard Sponsor: Representative Reagan Paul Reference committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Include Nuclear Power in the State's Renewable Portfolio Standard Sponsor: Representative Reagan Paul Reference committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-29 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 255 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-05-28 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 213 (Yeas 75 - Nays 70 - Absent 6 - Excused 0) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-23 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

  4. 2025-05-20 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered

  5. 2025-05-20 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Work Session Held

  7. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  8. 2025-01-30 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Include Nuclear Power in the State's Renewable Portfolio Standard
Sponsor:
Representative Reagan Paul
Reference committee:
Energy, Utilities and Technology
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 342
H.P. 242 House of Representatives, February 3, 2025
An Act to Include Nuclear Power in the State's Renewable Portfolio
Standard
Received by the Clerk of the House on January 30, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Energy, Utilities and Technology pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to
Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative PAUL of Winterport.
Cosponsored by Representatives: CAMPBELL of Orrington, DANA of the Passamaquoddy
Tribe, FOSTER of Dexter, MCINTYRE of Lowell, WADSWORTH of Hiram, WARREN of
Scarborough, Senator: HARRINGTON of York.

Page 1 - 132LR0445(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§2, ¶B-3, as amended by PL 2019, c. 477, §1, is
3 further amended by amending subparagraph (1), division (g) to read:
4 (g) Anaerobic digestion of by-products of waste from animals or agricultural
5 crops, food or vegetative material, algae or organic refuse; or
6Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§2, ¶B-3, as amended by PL 2019, c. 477, §1, is
7 further amended by amending subparagraph (2) to read:
8 (2) That relies on wind power installations or solar power installations. ; or
9Sec. 3. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§2, ¶B-3, as amended by PL 2019, c. 477, §1, is
10 further amended by enacting a new subparagraph (3) to read:
11 (3) That relies on a nuclear power plant, as defined in section 4352, subsection 9,
12 that is constructed after January 1, 2025.
13Sec. 4. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2009, c. 542, §5, is
14 further amended by amending subparagraph (1) to read:
15 (1) That qualifies as a small power production facility under the Federal Energy
16 Regulatory Commission rules, 18 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 292, Subpart
17 B, as in effect on January 1, 1997; or
18Sec. 5. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2009, c. 542, §5, is
19 further amended by amending subparagraph (2), division (h) to read:
20 (h) Generators fueled by municipal solid waste in conjunction with recycling. ;
21 or
22Sec. 6. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2009, c. 542, §5, is
23 further amended by enacting a new subparagraph (3) to read:
24 (3) That relies on a nuclear power plant, as defined in section 4352, subsection 9,
25 that is constructed after January 1, 2025.
26SUMMARY
27 This bill includes a source of electrical generation relying on a nuclear power plant
28 constructed after January 1, 2025 in the definition of a renewable capacity resource and a
29 renewable resource. Renewable capacity resources are Class I resources for the purposes
30 of the portfolio supply source requirements applicable to competitive electricity providers
31 in the State.
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