---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding The Calculation Of Electric Rate Contracting Costs"
description: "An Act Regarding The Calculation Of Electric Rate Contracting Costs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 897"
citation: "Maine LD 897 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTING COSTS", "ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "RATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/124a575c-2bce-4d3d-b7a9-6674cd6ba356"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097170"
source_hash: "2405b7509d90ebb22af3588a206f4bd55aff235f7d309101c24ea682fcdfa528"
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 897 (132) — An Act Regarding The Calculation Of Electric Rate Contracting Costs

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-571)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0386&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-B (S-572)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0386&item=3&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 681** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0386&item=4&snum=132)
4. **LD 897 SP 386** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0386&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT REPORT 'A' OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED — **20–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 5, 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.
- **2025-06-25** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- **2026-03-24** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-24** Senator LAWRENCE of York moved to ACCEPT The Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-571) Report.
- **2026-03-24** On motion by Same Senator Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE The Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-571) Report.
- **2026-04-06** Taken from the table by the President
- **2026-04-06** ACCEPTANCE of The Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-571) Report PREVAILED.
- **2026-04-06** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 883 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2026-04-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2026-04-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-571) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-571) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-04-06** Sent down for concurrence
- **2026-04-07** Reports READ.
- **2026-04-07** On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-04-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-04-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-571) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2026-04-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-571). `reading-3`
- **2026-04-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/124a575c-2bce-4d3d-b7a9-6674cd6ba356`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).