Solar Power For Maine Bill

Maine receives 33 more available solar energy than germany a world leader in solar technology adoption.

Solar power for maine bill.

Summary of ld 1711. Maine solar power incentives tax breaks and rebates. But that was last millennium. There is still the big beautiful federal tax credit to help ease your transition to solar.

Solar power is a clean pollution free renewable energy source that is available statewide. We think the legislature can do more by offering you a personal tax credit to help offset the cost of switching to solar power. The bill creates two separate but. 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.

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. State of maine legislature. 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. Don t worry that much though.

Maine lacks any tax credits for solar power. Read more we are here to help you during the covid 19 public health event. Emera maine maine public district. Reference committee energy utilities and technology.

Modern grid tied solar electric arrays have no moving parts no batteries at all. Ld 1711 sp 565 an act to promote solar energy projects and distributed generation resources in maine sponsored by senator dana dow. Report a power outage tree down or streetlight outage view outages by list or map and get information on restoration efforts and resources. Covering just 1 of maine s land mass to solar would capture enough solar energy to power our energy needs locally indefinitely.

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. Maine is one of those states that can t quite make up its mind on solar power. 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.