---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Reduce Electricity Costs Through Nonwires Alternatives"
description: "An Act To Reduce Electricity Costs Through Nonwires Alternatives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1181"
citation: "Maine LD 1181 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "PLANNING", "SMART GRID COORDINATOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seth BERRY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68bcd66f-cbbf-47d0-bb7f-54479520d8d3"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072349"
source_hash: "5542187baf47279fcbd287617d236125a7239f552dca448c18eb7377b73f0850"
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 1181 (129) — An Act To Reduce Electricity Costs Through Nonwires Alternatives

## 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=HP0855&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0855&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0855&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Seth BERRY — primary (person)
- Braden SHARPE — cosponsor (person)
- Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher CAIAZZO — cosponsor (person)
- Diane DENK — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Rena NEWELL — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman HUTCHINS — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria DOUDERA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-12** Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-04** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-431).
- **2019-06-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-04** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-04** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (H-431) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-431), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-14** 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/68bcd66f-cbbf-47d0-bb7f-54479520d8d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).