Two frontrunners intend to enhance solar incentives, and
could supercede recent changes from the state's utilities commission.
The near-term future of rooftop solar energy in Maine is
likely to be decided this spring, as lawmakers consider changes to a widely
criticized rule approved in January by the Public Utilities Commission.
Two major bills are pending that would supersede the PUC’s
approach to compensating homeowners for the solar power they generate, an
incentive called net energy billing or net metering. If nothing happens, the PUC rule goes into force in 2018.
