This is the third time that Public Hearings on these two bills have been on the calendar. The last two times the legislative session had to be canceled due to snow. If you have not yet sent your testimony supporting ought to pass for these bills, here's your chance to do so or to go to Augusta to testify in person. The weather forecast looks good!
Energy, Utilities, and Technology Committee Public Hearings March 28, 2023, 1:00p Cross Building, Room 211
An Act to Reduce the Cost of Electricity by Removing the 100-megawatt Limit on Renewable Resources of Energy - Senator Timberlake of Androscoggin
An Act to Create Equal Opportunity Access to Clean Energy by Removing the 100-megawatt Limit on Clean Energy Sources - Representative Ardell of Monticello
Listen live here when EUT Committee is in session.
To find out why this legislation is needed to increase Maine's access to more cheap, clean, renewable energy that is critical to growing the Maine economy, see Testimony by Maine Policy Institute on both of these bills attached and submit your own testimony on these bills. Submit written Testimony online or sign up to testify by zoom at the Public Hearing here https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/.
Testimony received after the day of the public hearing will still be distributed to committee members and staff, but it will not be published online. Watch for more bills coming along today.
Nancy Ford
nford.whats.up@gmail.com (207) 468-2395