---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Use Certain Regional Transmission Organization Payments For Beneficial Electrification To Reduce Electricity Rates"
description: "An Act To Use Certain Regional Transmission Organization Payments For Beneficial Electrification To Reduce Electricity Rates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 585"
citation: "Maine LD 585 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "RATES", "REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henry INGWERSEN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7beee4ba-ddca-4a49-9b9a-08404cdf8fa1"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096594"
source_hash: "2a1e5d72e2ce0c1357306626c5fc4c5c2c762b3eedb954779f0da1bf7b345e1f"
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 585 (132) — An Act To Use Certain Regional Transmission Organization Payments For Beneficial Electrification To Reduce Electricity Rates

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter 45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0268&item=3&snum=132)
2. **LD 585 SP 268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0268&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **77–72** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT — **19–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Henry INGWERSEN — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher KESSLER — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel SAYRE — cosponsor (person)
- Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)
- Walter RUNTE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **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.
- **2025-04-10** Reports Read
- **2025-04-10** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-04-10** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 103 Yeas 19 - Nays 15 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-04-10** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-04-15** Reports READ.
- **2025-04-15** On motion of Representative SACHS of Freeport, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-04-15** ROLL CALL NO. 82
- **2025-04-15** (Yeas 77 - Nays 72 - Absent 1 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- **2025-04-15** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-15** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-04-15** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7beee4ba-ddca-4a49-9b9a-08404cdf8fa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).