130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1332
H.P. 983 House of Representatives, March 30, 2021
An Act Regarding Net Energy Billing Limits
Reference to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered
printed.
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 §3209-A, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 478, Pt. A, §3, is
3 amended to read:
4 3. Shared financial interest for investor-owned utility customers; limitation.
5 Multiple customers of an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility that have
6 distinct billing accounts with that utility may share a financial interest in a distributed
7 generation resource under subsection 2. Any number of customers of an investor-owned
8 transmission and distribution utility with a shared financial interest in a distributed
9 generation resource may participate in net energy billing, except that the number of eligible
10 customers or meters is limited to 10 for a shared financial interest in a distributed generation
11 resource located in the service territory of an investor-owned transmission and distribution
12 utility located in an area administered by the independent system administrator for northern
13 Maine or any successor of the independent system administrator for northern Maine unless
14 the commission determines that the utility's billing system can accommodate more than 10
15 accounts or meters for the purpose of net energy billing.
16 Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3209-B, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 478, Pt. A, §4, is
17 amended to read:
18 4. Shared financial interest; limitation. Multiple commercial or institutional
19 customers that have distinct billing accounts with an investor‑owned transmission and
20 distribution utility may share a financial interest in a distributed generation resource under
21 subsection 2. Any number of commercial or institutional customers may participate in net
22 energy billing with a shared interest in a distributed generation resource, except that the
23 number of customers or meters is limited to 10 for a shared interest in a distributed
24 generation resource located in the service territory of an investor‑owned transmission and
25 distribution utility located in an area administered by the independent system administrator
26 for northern Maine or any successor of the independent system administrator for northern
27 Maine unless the commission determines that the utility's billing system can accommodate
28 more than 10 accounts or meters for the purpose of net energy billing.
29 SUMMARY
30 Under current law, any number of customers of an investor-owned transmission and
31 distribution utility with a shared financial interest in a distributed generation resource may
32 participate in net energy billing, except that the number of eligible customers or meters is
33 limited to 10 for a shared financial interest in a distributed generation resource located in
34 the service territory of an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility located in an
35 area administered by the independent system administrator for northern Maine unless the
36 Public Utilities Commission determines that the utility's billing system can accommodate
37 more than 10 accounts or meters for the purpose of net energy billing. This bill removes
38 this exception.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1332, HP 983: 35-A.3209