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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize Separate Alternative Compliance Payment Rates For Maine'S Renewable Portfolio Standard And To Amend The Laws Governing Thermal Renewable Energy Credits"
description: "An Act To Authorize Separate Alternative Compliance Payment Rates For Maine'S Renewable Portfolio Standard And To Amend The Laws Governing Thermal Renewable Energy Credits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1896"
citation: "Maine LD 1896 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "RENEWABLE RESOURCES", "PORTFOLIO COMPLIANCE PAYMENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-12-24"
last_action: "2020-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2686f3ce-37bf-4014-9337-7dbb2972f7bd"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075727"
source_hash: "334a79c625fc19b1e813c5d53eefb005c20976e2ab90038621ba586402d92adc"
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 1896 (129) — An Act To Authorize Separate Alternative Compliance Payment Rates For Maine'S Renewable Portfolio Standard And To Amend The Laws Governing Thermal Renewable Energy Credits
## 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=SP0648&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0648&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0648&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **7845** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
- Christina RILEY — cosponsor (person)
- David WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-12-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 20, 2019 and REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Reports READ
- **2020-02-11** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2020-02-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-384) READ and ADOPTED
- **2020-02-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2020-02-13** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2020-02-13** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-384) `reading-2`
- **2020-02-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2020-02-18** Reports READ.
- **2020-02-18** On motion of Representative RILEY of Jay, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2020-02-18** ROLL CALL NO. 346
- **2020-02-18** (Yeas 78 - Nays 45 - Absent 25 - Excused 1) - Vacant 2
- **2020-02-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Committee Amendment "A" (S-384) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2020-02-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-384).
- **2020-02-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2686f3ce-37bf-4014-9337-7dbb2972f7bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).