---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Promote Solar Energy Projects And Distributed Generation Resources In Maine"
description: "An Act To Promote Solar Energy Projects And Distributed Generation Resources In Maine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1711"
citation: "Maine LD 1711 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "RENEWABLE RESOURCES", "EXPANDED RENEWABLE ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dana DOW"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-09"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a24abf8-d896-45b6-baa2-c2242b755a9f"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073839"
source_hash: "5a61543fca347ea30fa2ad4d6fc02f826d6d552bae1caf740094abeba5c3e45f"
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 1711 (129) — An Act To Promote Solar Energy Projects And Distributed Generation Resources In Maine

## 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=SP0565&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0565&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0565&item=4&snum=129)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0565&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ADOPT HAH-618 TO CAS-295 — **54–86** (fail) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **93–52** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dana DOW — primary (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-09** 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
- **2019-05-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-17** Reports READ
- **2019-06-17** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-06-17** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 312 Yeas 32 - Nays 2 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-17** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-295) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-295) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-17** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-17** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-17** On motion of Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 282
- **2019-06-17** (Yeas 93 - Nays 52 - Absent 5 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-295) was READ.
- **2019-06-17** On motion of Representative FOSTER of Dexter, House Amendment "A" (H-618) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-295) was READ.
- **2019-06-17** Subsequently, House Amendment "A" (H-618) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-295) FAILED ADOPTION.
- **2019-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 283
- **2019-06-17** (Yeas 54 - Nays 86 - Absent 10 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-17** Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (S-295) was ADOPTED.
- **2019-06-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-295).
- **2019-06-17** 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/2a24abf8-d896-45b6-baa2-c2242b755a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).