LD694 • 2025

An Act to Require Petitions for Interstate Transmission Lines to Include Provisions for Conservation Funding

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Sponsor: Senator Teresa Pierce
Last action: 2026-01-07
Official status: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act to Require Petitions for Interstate Transmission Lines to Include Provisions for Conservation Funding

An Act to Require Petitions for Interstate Transmission Lines to Include Provisions for Conservation Funding Sponsor: Senator Teresa Pierce Reference committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology Latest committee action: Reported Out; LTW

What This Bill Does

An Act to Require Petitions for Interstate Transmission Lines to Include Provisions for Conservation Funding Sponsor: Senator Teresa Pierce Reference committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology Latest committee action: Reported Out; LTW

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Bill History

2026-01-07 Senate
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
2025-10-09 Committee
LTW Approved by Chairs; LTW
2025-10-09 Committee
Reported Out; LTW
2025-06-25 Committee
Carry Over Approved
2025-05-23 Committee
Carry Over Requested
2025-05-22 Committee
Work Session Held; TABLED
2025-02-20 Committee
Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology.
House
None

Official Summary Text

An Act to Require Petitions for Interstate Transmission Lines to Include Provisions for Conservation Funding
Sponsor:
Senator Teresa Pierce
Reference committee:
Energy, Utilities and Technology
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; LTW

Current Bill Text

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Printed on recycled paper
132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 694
S.P. 311 In Senate, February 25, 2025
An Act to Require Petitions for Interstate Transmission Lines to
Include Provisions for Conservation Funding
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 20, 2025. Referred to the Committee
on Energy, Utilities and Technology pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland.
Cosponsored by Representative SACHS of Freeport and
Senator: BRENNER of Cumberland, Representatives: Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford,
KUHN of Falmouth.

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1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3132, sub-§6-F is enacted to read:
36-F. High-impact electric transmission line; Land for Maine's Future. For the
4 commission to determine that a petition filed under this section for approval to develop a
5 high-impact electric transmission line is sufficient, the petition must include a provision
6 for an annual payment to the Land for Maine's Future Trust Fund established under Title
7 5, section 6203-D at a rate of $10,000 per megawatt of the high-impact electric transmission
8 line's nameplate capacity, of which at least 20% must be directed to the Conservation Land
9 Management Fund established under Title 5, section 6203-F.
10SUMMARY
11 This bill requires that, for the Public Utilities Commission to determine a petition to
12 develop a high-impact electric transmission line sufficient, the petition must include a
13 provision for an annual payment to the Land for Maine's Future Trust Fund at a rate of
14 $10,000 per megawatt, of which at least 20% must be directed to the Conservation Land
15 Management Fund.
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