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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Electricity Providers To Inform Customers Of Alternative Electric Rates And Gather Consent Prior To Contract Renewal"
description: "An Act To Require Electricity Providers To Inform Customers Of Alternative Electric Rates And Gather Consent Prior To Contract Renewal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2163"
citation: "Maine LD 2163 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "RATES", "STANDARD OFFER SERVICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicole GROHOSKI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cf2307c-afe6-4596-b28e-e534afe7bb20"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091647"
source_hash: "2b53893e818434ce7e9c945ac0595d624987b52a49d1eb0f701cd31a6604d938"
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 2163 (131) — An Act To Require Electricity Providers To Inform Customers Of Alternative Electric Rates And Gather Consent Prior To Contract Renewal
## 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=SP0918&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0918&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0918&item=4&snum=131)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0918&item=3&snum=131)
## Sponsors
- Nicole GROHOSKI — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-11** 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
- **2024-01-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-02** Reports READ
- **2024-04-02** On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-633) Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-04-02** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-04-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-633) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-633) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2024-04-03** Reports READ.
- **2024-04-03** On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-04-03** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-633) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-03** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-04-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-633). `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-04-01T04:00:00+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/5cf2307c-afe6-4596-b28e-e534afe7bb20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).