The files below are posted as PDF files.
132nd Legislature
First Session Testimony
LDs 32, 257, 359, 450, 515 Net Energy Billing Repeal Legislation
LD 186 "An Act to Clarify the Public Utilities Commission's Authority to Establish Time-of-use Pricing for Standard-offer Service"
LD 197 "Resolve, to Direct the Governor's Energy Office to Conduct a Study Regarding the Future of Electric Transmission Infrastructure in the State"
LD 241 "An Act to Authorize the PUC to Approve Rate Adjustments for Low-Income Water Utility Ratepayers"
LD 251 "An Act to Protect the Confidentiality of Information of Individual Customers of a Public Utility"
LD 300 "Resolve, to Direct the Public Utilities Commission to Study Expanding the Use of Hydroelectric Power and the Development of a Geothermal Power Plant in the State"
LD 301 "An Act to Allow the PUC to Establish Performance-based Metrics and Rate-adjustment Mechanisms for a Public Utility in Any Proceeding"
LD 444 "An Act to Lower Energy Costs by Repealing the Law Setting Out the State's Goals for Consumption of Electricity from Renewable Resources"
LD 469 "An Act to Prioritize State Access to Electricity Generated in Canada via High-impact Electric Transmission Lines"
LD 568 "An Act to Modify the Process for Standard-offer Contracts with the Public Utilities Commission"
LD 585 "An Act to Use Certain Regional Transmission Organization Payments for Beneficial Electrification to Reduce Electricity Rates"
LD 596 "Resolve, to Provide Legislative Approval of Northern Maine Transmission Infrastructure"
LD 810 "An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines"
LD 837 "An Act to Require the Office of the Public Advocate to Implement the State's Climate Action Plan"
LD 839 "An Act to Lower Consumer Electricity Costs by Prohibiting the Recovery of Costs Attributable to Net Energy Billing"
LD 860 "An Act to Require Competitive Electricity Providers to Provide Certain Information to the Public Advocate"
LD 905 "An Act to Clarify the Process To Transfer Funds Resulting From Unused Kilowatt-Hour Credits to Be Used to Provide Assistance to Low-Income Electricity Customers"
LD 946 "Resolve, to Increase Access to Energy Efficiency Programs by Low-income and Moderate-income Residents"
LD 995 "An Act Providing Funding for Low-Income Ratepayer Assistance"
Reports
The Office of the Public Advocate Annual Report is located here.
- An Overview of Statewide Water Affordability - January 2024 - PDF
- Reducing the Cost of Solar Energy in Maine - March 2024 - PDF
- Report on Assessments by the Office of the Public Advocate on Investor Owned and Consumer-Owned Utilities - January 13, 2022 - PDF
- 2019 Program Evaluation Report of the Office of the Public Advocate
- Maine Low-Income Energy Burden Study (2019)
- Maine Low-Income Household Energy Efficiency Baseline Study (2018)
- A Ratepayer Focused Strategy for Distributed Solar in Maine (August 2015)
- Cellular Voice Coverage in Rural Maine - An analysis of call performance and signal strength in the Bingham, Greenville, Jackman, Rangeley and Sedgwick telephone exchanges. (February 2015)
- Tribal Collaboration Report (updated Dec 2024) (PDF)
- Retail Electricity Supply Report (PDF)