---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Transparency In The Electricity Supply Market"
description: "An Act To Improve Transparency In The Electricity Supply Market"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 803"
citation: "Maine LD 803 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION", "POWERS", "PUBLISH ELECTRIC SUPPLIER RATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIBBY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4b1c209-49ef-4c52-8971-2fe9504aaf1d"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063642"
source_hash: "038dfb3cdf582c013fd53b1acdd01be000f71aad39a82d00508790a5f634353c"
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 803 (128) — An Act To Improve Transparency In The Electricity Supply Market

## 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/SP024801.asp)

## Sponsors

- LIBBY — primary (person)
- HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-03-02** REFERENCE to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY
- **2017-03-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-03-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-02** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-05-02** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-49) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-05-02** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-05-04** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-04** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-49) `reading-2`
- **2017-05-04** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-05-09** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-09** On OBJECTION of Representative HERBIG of Belfast REMOVED.
- **2017-05-09** The Committee Report was READ.
- **2017-05-09** On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report.
- **2017-05-09** Later today assigned.
- **2017-05-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-19** 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/c4b1c209-49ef-4c52-8971-2fe9504aaf1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).