130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1098
S.P. 359 In Senate, March 22, 2021
An Act To Support Rural Maine Residents through the Winter by
Providing Rebates for Backup Power Generators
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 18, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Energy, Utilities and Technology pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland.
Printed on recycled paper
1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §10128 is enacted to read:
3 §10128. Rebate for backup power generators in rural areas
4 The trust shall provide a rebate of $1,000 toward the purchase of a residential backup
5 power generator for a person who resides in a rural area. For purposes of this section, "rural
6 area" has the same meaning as in 7 United States Code, Section 1991(a)(13).
7 SUMMARY
8 This bill directs the Efficiency Maine Trust to provide a rebate of $1,000 toward the
9 purchase of a residential backup power generator for a person who resides in a rural area.
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