Maine energy legislation in 2020

Here's a quick look at some of the energy-related legislation coming before the Maine state legislature in 2020:

• LD 1748, An Act To Allow for the Establishment of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs: This bill would enact a new Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy or "CPACE" chapter of law, allowing the Efficiency Maine Trust or a municipality to establish a CPACE program to finance energy savings.
• LD 1853, An Act To Prohibit Door-to-door Marketing of Retail Energy Supply: This bill would prohibit door-to-door sales practices directed at residential consumers by competitive electricity providers. 
• LD 1913, An Act To Prohibit Certain Wheeling Charges for the Transmission of Electricity: This bill would seek to prohibit an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility located in an area administered by the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator from charging a person generating or selling electricity for the transmission, or wheeling, of that electricity to or from Canada over the utility's transmission system.
• LD 1917, An Act To Eliminate Direct Retail Competition for the Supply of Electricity to Residential Consumers: This bill would eliminate retail-level competition for residential electricity customers no later than January 1, 2022, and would require a more robust competitive process for selecting standard-offer service providers for residential and small commercial electricity customers. It also would require the Public Utilities Commission to designate or hire an employee to assist the Commission in administering standard-offer service.