---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase Contingency Reserves For Maine'S Consumer-Owned Electric Transmission And Distribution Utilities"
description: "An Act To Increase Contingency Reserves For Maine'S Consumer-Owned Electric Transmission And Distribution Utilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1412"
citation: "Maine LD 1412 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTINGENCY RESERVES", "ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John DUCHARME"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-01"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3197d85c-e56a-48c1-b402-dd457b79dc6c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098066"
source_hash: "4cd60d7a8ed206f0bb5fd67c62952c1e5a6285eb6f3f46a165ff0fe092c9d78c"
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 1412 (132) — An Act To Increase Contingency Reserves For Maine'S Consumer-Owned Electric Transmission And Distribution Utilities

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-286)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0934&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-B (H-287)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0934&item=3&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0934&item=4&snum=132)
4. **LD 1412 HP 934** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0934&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- John DUCHARME — primary (person)
- Daniel SAYRE — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory SWALLOW — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Roger ALBERT — cosponsor (person)
- Steven FOSTER — cosponsor (person)
- Susan BERNARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-01** Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-01** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-01** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** Reports READ.
- **2025-05-28** On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-286) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-05-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-286). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-29** Reports Read
- **2025-05-29** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-286) Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-29** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (H-286) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-286) in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-23T04:00:00+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/3197d85c-e56a-48c1-b402-dd457b79dc6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).