130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 697
H.P. 509 House of Representatives, March 4, 2021
An Act To Enhance the Energy Security of Maine Residents
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 2, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Energy, Utilities and Technology pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to
Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative BERRY of Bowdoinham.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §1101, sub-§5 is enacted to read:
3 5. Additional considerations. Before issuing an order of authorization required under
4 this section that, if issued, would result in the ownership, in whole or in part, of a
5 transmission and distribution utility located in the State by a foreign government, a foreign
6 corporation or the subsidiary of a foreign corporation, the commission shall consider the
7 risks to national security and the potential economic losses within the State that may result
8 from such ownership.
9 SUMMARY
10 This bill requires the Public Utilities Commission to consider, before issuing an order
11 of authorization, the risks to national security and the potential economic losses in the State
12 associated with ownership, in whole or in part, of a transmission and distribution utility
13 located in the State by a foreign government, foreign corporation or subsidiary of a foreign
14 corporation.
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