Dear Friend of MCV,

On Wednesday, the Energy, Utilities, and Technology Committee voted in favor of two conflicting bills – each bill would determine the future of community solar in Maine, and each would result in a different outcome for Maine’s clean energy future.

LD 1986 would reform Maine’s Net Energy Billing program while ensuring Maine continues to make progress on clean energy. It would hold utilities accountable by requiring them to demonstrate the costs and benefits of their projects, help Maine meet its ambitious and necessary goal of 100% clean energy by 2040, and lower energy costs for Maine families.

On the other hand, LD 1347 would jeopardize existing solar projects and eliminate small-scale, community solar programs that benefit Maine businesses, nonprofits, and more. It would not require the same transparency about costs and benefits that LD 1986 demands – transparency that is so important in making informed policy decisions about Maine’s clean energy future.

Please help protect the future of community solar and clean energy in Maine. Click here to send a message to your legislators urging them to vote in favor of LD 1986 and against LD 1347. [[link removed]]

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Thanks to the more than 100 of you who joined today’s Lunch & Learn to learn more about the future of community solar projects in Maine. Our featured presenters were Lindsay Bourgoine, Director of Policy and Government Affairs at ReVision Energy, and Beth Woolfolk, Manager of Renewable Energy Planning and Policy at A Climate to Thrive. If you missed it, you can find a link to the recording on our Lunch & Learn page [[link removed]].

The speakers outlined the role that solar energy projects must play in helping Maine meet our climate goals and stressed the importance of making the transition to clean energy just and equitable for all Mainers. LD 1986 would put the needs of ratepayers before the wants of utilities and allow the state to access millions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act to help fund these projects.

Please join us in taking action on this important issue by sending a message to your legislators to ask them to support LD 1986. [[link removed]]

Thank you for taking action,

Kathleen Meil | she/her
Senior Director of Policy and Partnerships
Maine Conservation Voters
[email protected] [[email protected]]

P.S. If you’d like to dive deeper into these issues, register to join A Climate to Thrive and other energy experts in Belfast for a Renewable Energy Interconnection Conference [[link removed]]!

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