---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Opportunity For Energy Cost Reduction For Maine Businesses And Citizens"
description: "An Act To Provide Opportunity For Energy Cost Reduction For Maine Businesses And Citizens"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 344"
citation: "Maine LD 344 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION", "POWERS", "NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CONTRACTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DION"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2659b64-3677-4ccb-a22d-357f392e8d7b"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062958"
source_hash: "a51bc1b0ebd8f3904ea4c51f6c0132b4ef658f3fbc5fa966d88fcbb01cb8cec2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 344 (128) — An Act To Provide Opportunity For Energy Cost Reduction For Maine Businesses And Citizens

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP011001.asp)

## Sponsors

- DION — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-02-02** REFERENCE to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
- **2017-02-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-02-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-04-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-16) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-04-06** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-04-11** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-04-11** READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-16) `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-04-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-04-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-04-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-16).
- **2017-04-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2659b64-3677-4ccb-a22d-357f392e8d7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).