---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Modify The Process For Standard-Offer Contracts With The Public Utilities Commission"
description: "An Act To Modify The Process For Standard-Offer Contracts With The Public Utilities Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 568"
citation: "Maine LD 568 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "PROCEDURES", "PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew HARRINGTON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e781c111-2202-45f6-a252-fc04f4eb5bb1"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096572"
source_hash: "1f71b3aabb3fba5ae0b8d3eb0281986d9af1a1e00c103ce9760acbb2c5a034cf"
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 568 (132) — An Act To Modify The Process For Standard-Offer Contracts With The Public Utilities Commission

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-173)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0248&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 52** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0248&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 568 SP 248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0248&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Matthew HARRINGTON — primary (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Reagan PAUL — cosponsor (person)
- Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-05-29** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-29** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-173) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-173). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-06-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-173). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-28T04:00:00+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/e781c111-2202-45f6-a252-fc04f4eb5bb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).