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LD638 • 2025

An Act to Create Equal Opportunity Access to Clean Energy by Removing the 100-megawatt Limit on Clean Energy Sources

An Act to Create Equal Opportunity Access to Clean Energy by Removing the 100-megawatt Limit on Clean Energy Sources

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Sponsor
Representative Donald Ardell
Last action
2025-04-08
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to Create Equal Opportunity Access to Clean Energy by Removing the 100-megawatt Limit on Clean Energy Sources

An Act to Create Equal Opportunity Access to Clean Energy by Removing the 100-megawatt Limit on Clean Energy Sources Sponsor: Representative Donald Ardell Reference committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Create Equal Opportunity Access to Clean Energy by Removing the 100-megawatt Limit on Clean Energy Sources Sponsor: Representative Donald Ardell Reference committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-08 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-04-03 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-03-27 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-03-27 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-03-21 House

    Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

  6. 2025-02-20 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Create Equal Opportunity Access to Clean Energy by Removing the 100-megawatt Limit on Clean Energy Sources
Sponsor:
Representative Donald Ardell
Reference committee:
Energy, Utilities and Technology
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 638
H.P. 406 House of Representatives, February 25, 2025
An Act to Create Equal Opportunity Access to Clean Energy by
Removing the 100-megawatt Limit on Clean Energy Sources
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 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 ARDELL of Monticello.
Cosponsored by Senator BERNARD of Aroostook and
Representatives: DAIGLE of Fort Kent, HENDERSON of Rumford, PAUL of Winterport,
PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft, SWALLOW of Houlton.

Page 1 - 132LR1022(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) to read:
4 (1) Whose total power production capacity does not exceed 100 megawatts and
5 relies on one or more of the following:
6 (a) Fuel cells;
7 (b) Tidal power;
8 (d) Geothermal installations;
9 (e) Hydroelectric generators that meet all state and federal fish passage
10 requirements applicable to the generator;
11 (f) Biomass generators that are fueled by wood, wood waste or landfill gas; or
12 (g) Anaerobic digestion of by-products of waste from animals or agricultural
13 crops, food or vegetative material, algae or organic refuse; or
14Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2009, c. 542, §5, is
15 further amended by amending subparagraph (2) to read:
16 (2) Whose total power production capacity does not exceed 100 megawatts and
17 that relies on one or more of the following:
18 (a) Fuel cells;
19 (b) Tidal power;
20 (c) Solar arrays and installations;
21 (d) Wind power installations;
22 (e) Geothermal installations;
23 (f) Hydroelectric generators;
24 (g) Biomass generators that are fueled by wood or wood waste, landfill gas or
25 anaerobic digestion of agricultural products, by-products or wastes; or
26 (h) Generators fueled by municipal solid waste in conjunction with recycling.
27SUMMARY
28 This bill removes the 100-megawatt maximum capacity limit for a source of electrical
29 generation to qualify as a renewable resource for purposes of meeting the State's renewable
30 resource portfolio requirement.
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