---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Relating To Net Energy Billing And Distributed Solar And Energy Storage Systems"
description: "An Act Relating To Net Energy Billing And Distributed Solar And Energy Storage Systems"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1986"
citation: "Maine LD 1986 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "NET ENERGY BILLING", "RATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-05-23"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f472cdce-2abf-4e97-83c9-7bbb3d9dc850"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089665"
source_hash: "60d2a058e60096b9712aded5bd550526863a711a391cb3aa78a534cd9b78f9db"
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 1986 (131) — An Act Relating To Net Energy Billing And Distributed Solar And Energy Storage Systems

## 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=SP0815&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0815&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0815&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED — **63–76** (fail) · lower
- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **77–52** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **20–13** (pass) · upper
- RECONSIDER — **73–65** (pass) · lower
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **69–65** (pass) · lower
- Enactment — **62–69** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)
- Stanley ZEIGLER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-23** 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
- **2023-05-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-22** Reports READ
- **2023-06-22** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-22** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 444 Yeas 20 - Nays 13 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-06-22** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22** Committee Amendment "A" (S-421) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-421) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-23** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-23** On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-23** ROLL CALL NO. 321
- **2023-06-23** (Yeas 69 - Nays 65 - Absent 17 - Excused 0)
- **2023-06-23** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-23** Committee Amendment "A" (S-421) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-23** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-421). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-26** ROLL CALL NO. 332
- **2023-06-26** (Yeas 62 - Nays 69 - Absent 20 - Excused 0)
- **2023-06-26** FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2023-06-26** HELD.
- **2023-06-26** RELEASED.
- **2023-06-26** On motion of Representative TERRY of Gorham, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill FAILED of PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2023-06-26** ROLL CALL NO. 338
- **2023-06-26** (Yeas 73 - Nays 65 - Absent 13 - Excused 0)
- **2023-06-26** Subsequently, FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2023-06-26** ROLL CALL NO. 339
- **2023-06-26** (Yeas 63 - Nays 76 - Absent 12 - Excused 0)
- **2023-06-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED In NON-CONCURRENCE `passage`
- **2023-06-27** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending RECONSIDERATION of PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2023-07-06** Taken from the table by the President
- **2023-07-06** Senator LAWRENCE of York asked and received leave of the Senate to Withdraw his motion Reconsideration of Passage to be Enacted. In NON-CONCURRENCE `withdrawal`
- **2023-07-06** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED In NON-CONCURRENCE `passage`
- **2023-07-06** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-07-06** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-07-06** ROLL CALL NO. 353
- **2023-07-06** (Yeas 77 - Nays 52 - Absent 22 - Excused 0)
- **2023-07-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f472cdce-2abf-4e97-83c9-7bbb3d9dc850`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).