---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Maine Ratepayers With Equitable Access To Interconnection Of Distributed Energy Resources"
description: "An Act To Provide Maine Ratepayers With Equitable Access To Interconnection Of Distributed Energy Resources"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 327"
citation: "Maine LD 327 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCESS", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "DISTRIBUTED GENERATION RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicole GROHOSKI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/568b3d0b-5b80-4556-ad4f-f7fc7604a54b"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085567"
source_hash: "ef49b8d0b1096bb31cceb92628afa604ea21a4bb17a232a97bf7ec010497308a"
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 327 (131) — An Act To Provide Maine Ratepayers With Equitable Access To Interconnection Of Distributed Energy Resources

## 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=SP0148&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0148&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0148&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **80–64** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nicole GROHOSKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** 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
- **2023-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-20** Reports READ
- **2023-06-20** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-20** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 387 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-06-20** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-380) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-20** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-380) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-20** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-20** On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-20** ROLL CALL NO. 285
- **2023-06-20** (Yeas 80 - Nays 64 - Absent 6 - Excused 1)
- **2023-06-20** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-380) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-20** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-380). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+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/568b3d0b-5b80-4556-ad4f-f7fc7604a54b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).