Solar Power For Maine Bill

1711 an act to promote solar energy projects and distributed generation resources in maine sponsored by senator dana dow will incentivize at least 375 megawatts mw of new distributed generation in maine which is expected to be primarily solar photovoltaic pv development for projects under 5 mw.

Solar power for maine bill.

We think the legislature can do more by offering you a personal tax credit to help offset the cost of switching to solar power. Ld 1711 sp 565 an act to promote solar energy projects and distributed generation resources in maine sponsored by senator dana dow. Maine solar power incentives tax breaks and rebates. Emera maine bangor hydro district.

State of maine legislature. Emera maine maine public district. There is still the big beautiful federal tax credit to help ease your transition to solar. Covering just 1 of maine s land mass to solar would capture enough solar energy to power our energy needs locally indefinitely.

The bill creates two separate but. Maine is one of those states that can t quite make up its mind on solar power. Report a power outage tree down or streetlight outage view outages by list or map and get information on restoration efforts and resources. It got off to a good start with an excellent rps target nice solar rebates and a good net metering scheme don t worry we ll explain that jargon in a moment.

Read more we are here to help you during the covid 19 public health event. Medium commercial or industrial. Summary of ld 1711. But that was last millennium.

Maine lacks any tax credits for solar power. Don t worry that much though. Under the new bill central maine power cmp and emera maine s regulated utilities would purchase and aggregate solar generation from private solar owners and utility scale developers under. Maine has tremendous potential for solar power but in the past decade we have fallen behind while other states in the region and places around the world have enjoyed the environmental and economic benefits of solar.

The bill intends to use competitive markets to develop low cost solar and build on the innovative bipartisan policy ideas developed in recent years among maine consumer advocates solar businesses and others said dylan voorhees policy director for the natural resources council of maine. Modern grid tied solar electric arrays have no moving parts no batteries at all. Maine receives 33 more available solar energy than germany a world leader in solar technology adoption.