This bill allows, beginning January 1, 2030, a tenant to terminate the tenant’s lease if the landlord fails to provide a signed energy efficiency disclosure statement required to be provided by landlords under current law. The bill allows, beginning January 1, 2035, a tenant to terminate the tenant’s lease if the tenant’s dwelling unit does not meet the minimum insulation standards for residential units prepared by the Public Utilities Commission or, if the tenant pays for the dwelling unit’s heat, require the landlord to pay the tenant an amount equal to half of the monthly heating bill until the dwelling unit is insulated to minimum insulation standards, with exceptions. The bill requires the Public Utilities Commission to prepare and update minimum energy efficiency standards for
43 residential units and requires the Public Utilities Commission, the Efficiency Maine Trust
44 and the Maine State Housing Authority to post the energy efficiency disclosure statement
45 form and the minimum energy efficiency standards on their publicly accessible websites
46 and to distribute the forms and the standards to tenants' rights organizations, elderly
47 advocacy organizations and other entities determined relevant by the Public Utilities
48 Commission, the Efficiency Maine Trust and the Maine State Housing Authority.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1471, HP 963: 35-A.10117