---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Reform Maine'S Renewable Portfolio Standard"
description: "An Act To Reform Maine'S Renewable Portfolio Standard"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1494"
citation: "Maine LD 1494 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "RENEWABLE RESOURCES", "PORTFOLIO STANDARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bb95be2-2683-41b1-933e-30a2949fa840"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072983"
source_hash: "82948ebd6016669ac8fb43daaf35f761934a2a73cb1ce2baa0ab4c745d08df1a"
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 1494 (129) — An Act To Reform Maine'S Renewable Portfolio Standard

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0457&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0457&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0457&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **93–48** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- David WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-04-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** Reports Read
- **2019-06-18** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-18** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 317 Yeas 34 - Nays 0 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-18** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-18** Committee Amendment "A" (S-307) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-307) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-18** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-18** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-18** ROLL CALL NO. 293
- **2019-06-18** (Yeas 93 - Nays 48 - Absent 9 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-18** Committee Amendment "A" (S-307) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-307).
- **2019-06-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 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/7bb95be2-2683-41b1-933e-30a2949fa840`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).