---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure The Viability Of The Northern Maine Electric Transmission Grid"
description: "An Act To Ensure The Viability Of The Northern Maine Electric Transmission Grid"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 682"
citation: "Maine LD 682 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY", "LONG-TERM PLANNING", "PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2022-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac916859-2340-440e-8488-cfe1f1cc3f0a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079148"
source_hash: "5510ab064b2faed72562f1158b2fa0a4f46bf78d2c5ce02e6296ea7a203f2cdb"
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 682 (130) — An Act To Ensure The Viability Of The Northern Maine Electric Transmission Grid

## 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=SP0270&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0270&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0270&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Harold STEWART — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 2, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-07-19** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302
- **2022-04-12** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2022-04-12** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-531) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-531). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2022-04-12** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-04-12** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-04-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-531). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-12** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-13** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac916859-2340-440e-8488-cfe1f1cc3f0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).