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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Net Energy Billing Laws To Require Net Energy Billing Credits To Be Nonlapsing"
description: "An Act To Amend The Net Energy Billing Laws To Require Net Energy Billing Credits To Be Nonlapsing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 509"
citation: "Maine LD 509 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRIC UTILITIES", "NET ENERGY BILLING", "RATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig HICKMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d73a82a9-af7d-4b2a-ad3a-f8c69cf34163"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085936"
source_hash: "1a46d7cd7a963b75cbfb51267b10cb9bdfac92364515fff1dc5819019ed657b2"
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 509 (131) — An Act To Amend The Net Energy Billing Laws To Require Net Energy Billing Credits To Be Nonlapsing
## 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=SP0226&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0226&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0226&item=3&snum=131)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **2014** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **7763** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Craig HICKMAN — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-09** 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
- **2023-02-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-07** Reports READ
- **2023-06-07** Senator LAWRENCE of York moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .
- **2023-06-07** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .
- **2023-06-08** Taken from the table by the President
- **2023-06-08** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-08** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 259 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-06-08** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-202) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-202) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-12** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-12** On motion of Representative ZEIGLER of Montville, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-12** ROLL CALL NO. 166
- **2023-06-12** (Yeas 77 - Nays 63 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2023-06-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-202) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-202). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d73a82a9-af7d-4b2a-ad3a-f8c69cf34163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).