---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Lower Consumer Electricity Costs By Prohibiting The Recovery Through Rates Of Costs Attributable To Net Energy Billing"
description: "An Act To Lower Consumer Electricity Costs By Prohibiting The Recovery Through Rates Of Costs Attributable To Net Energy Billing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 839"
citation: "Maine LD 839 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "NET ENERGY BILLING", "RATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2026-01-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a2cdbf8-4132-4c9e-9593-d914a0742acf"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097063"
source_hash: "fca80679411b83af51e787607ddac4a9a0028791f72eba83a423703c6dad91ab"
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 839 (132) — An Act To Lower Consumer Electricity Costs By Prohibiting The Recovery Through Rates Of Costs Attributable To Net Energy Billing

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-223)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0372&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-B (S-224)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0372&item=3&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0372&item=4&snum=132)
4. **LD 839 SP 372** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0372&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
- Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Mathew MCINTYRE — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Reagan PAUL — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Steven FOSTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04** 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
- **2025-03-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **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.
- **2025-06-02** Reports READ
- **2025-06-02** On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2025-06-04** Taken from the table by the President
- **2025-06-04** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-223) Report ACCEPTED
- **2025-06-04** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-223) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-223) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-05** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-05** On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-223) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-223). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-07-08** HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
- **2026-01-11** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a2cdbf8-4132-4c9e-9593-d914a0742acf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).