The solar rebate bill provided for a reinstatement of rebates on the purchase of solar equipment through a fund at Efficiency Maine in the amount of $1,000,000/yr. until December 2016. The funds would have come from a surcharge on electric customers at the cost of 60 cents a year for the average homeowner. The program could have made solar affordable for more people, created local jobs, reduced energy imports, and improved air quality. However, since this bill did not get enacted, Maine remains the only state in New England without a policy encouraging solar power. The legislature passed the bill by a wide margin, especially after heat pump rebates for low income people were included in the bill. The Governor vetoed the bill and while the House overrode the veto, the Senate failed to do so (24 votes were needed to override). The veto override roll call votes are scored.

Status:

Bill vetoed by Governor; veto override failed.

Sponsor: Terry K. Morrison

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2014	Roll Call	127	54	0	3	187	1
Votes	Show Justin L. Alfond Yea Bernard L. A. Ayotte Absent Paulette G. Beaudoin Yea Michael G. Beaulieu Nay Roberta B. Beavers Yea Henry E. M. Beck Yea Paul Edward Bennett Nay Seth A. Berry Yea Russell J. Black Yea Andrea M. Boland Yea Brian D. Bolduc Yea James A. Boyle Yea Sheryl J. Briggs Yea Joseph E. Brooks Yea David C. Burns Nay Emily Ann Cain Yea James J. Campbell, Sr. Yea Richard H. Campbell Yea Michael E. Carey Yea Alan M. Casavant Nay Katherine W. Cassidy Yea Ralph Chapman Absent Kathleen D. Chase Nay Justin M. Chenette Yea Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Tyler Clark Nay John J. Cleveland Yea Ronald F Collins Nay Janice E. Cooper Yea H. David Cotta Nay Dale J. Crafts Nay Margaret M. Craven Yea Dean A. Cray Nay Jarrod S. Crockett Nay Andre E. Cushing III Nay Matthea Larsen Daughtry Yea Paul T. Davis Nay Jennifer L. DeChant Yea Michael G. Devin Yea Elizabeth E. Dickerson Yea James F. Dill Yea Mark N. Dion Yea Peter Doak Nay Ann E. Dorney Yea Larry C. Dunphy Nay Brian M. Duprey Yea David E. Dutremble Yea Ellie Espling Yea Jeffrey Evangelos Yea Mark W. Eves Yea Richard R. Farnsworth Yea Joyce A. Fitzpatrick Nay Patrick S. A. Flood Nay Lori A. Fowle Yea Kenneth Wade Fredette Nay Aaron M. Frey Yea Drew Gattine Yea Stanley J. Gerzofsky Yea Sara Gideon Yea Jeffery Allen Gifford Nay Paul E. Gilbert Yea James S. Gillway Yea Seth A. Goodall Excused Adam A. Goode Yea Anne P. Graham Yea Gay M. Grant Yea Geoffrey M. Gratwick Yea Stacey K. Guerin Nay Scott M. Hamann Yea James M. Hamper Nay Denise Patricia Harlow Yea Lance Evans Harvell Yea Anne M. Haskell Yea Teresea Hayes Yea Erin D. Herbig Yea Craig V. Hickman Yea Dawn Hill Yea Barry J. Hobbins Yea Brian L. Hubbell Yea Roger A. Jackson Nay Troy Dale Jackson Yea Peter B. Johnson Nay David D. Johnson Excused Christopher K. Johnson Yea Brian L. Jones Yea Erik C. Jorgensen Yea Bryan T Kaenrath Yea Roger J. Katz Nay Peter S. Kent Yea Dennis L. Keschl Yea Jonathan L. Kinney Nay L. Gary Knight Nay Victoria P. Kornfield Yea Chuck Kruger Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Karen Kusiak Yea Michel A. Lajoie Yea Brian D. Langley Yea Aaron F Libby Nay Nathan L. Libby Yea Lawrence E. Lockman Nay Ricky D. Long Nay Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea W. Bruce MacDonald Yea Sharri K. MacDonald Nay Colleen M. Madigan Yea Joyce A. Maker Yea Richard S. Malaby Nay Donald G. Marean Yea Timothy I. Marks Yea Andrew T. Mason Yea Garrett Paul Mason Nay Anne-Marie Mastraccio Yea Edward J. Mazurek Yea Jeff M. McCabe Yea Michael D. McClellan Nay Carol A. McElwee Nay Paul D. McGowan Yea Andrew J. McLean Yea Rebecca J. Millett Yea Kimberly J. Monaghan Yea Matthew W. Moonen Yea Stephen W. Moriarty Yea Terry K. Morrison Yea Allen Michael Nadeau Nay Catherine M. Nadeau Yea Mary Pennell Nelson Yea Melvin Newendyke Nay William F. Noon (Deceased) Excused Robert W. Nutting Nay Wayne R. Parry Yea John L. Patrick Yea Jethro D. Pease Yea Anita Peavey Haskell Nay Ann E. Peoples Yea Matthew J. Peterson Yea Joshua R. Plante Yea Gary E. Plummer Nay Matthew G. Pouliot Yea Christine B. Powers Yea Charles R. Priest Yea Jane P. Pringle Yea Helen Rankin Yea Roger E. Reed Nay Megan M. Rochelo Yea Margaret R. Rotundo Yea Diane M. Russell Yea Deane Rykerson Yea Linda F. Sanborn Yea Deborah J. Sanderson Nay Robert J. Saucier Yea Thomas B. Saviello Yea Jeremy G. Saxton Yea John C. Schneck Yea Michael A. Shaw (Resigned) Yea Roger L. Sherman Nay Stanley Byron Short, Jr. Yea Heather W. Sirocki Nay Stephen S. Stanley Yea Peter C. Stuckey Yea Charles Kenneth Theriault Yea Michael D. Thibodeau Nay Douglas A. Thomas Nay Jeffrey L. Timberlake Nay Ryan D. Tipping Yea Sharon Anglin Treat Yea Beth P. Turner Nay John L. Tuttle Yea Thomas M. Tyler Yea Linda M. Valentino Yea Arthur C. Verow Yea Lisa Renee Villa Yea Eloise A. Vitelli Yea Amy Fern Volk Yea Raymond A. Wallace Nay Windol C. Weaver Nay Joan W. Welsh Yea R. Wayne Werts Yea Rodney L. Whittemore Nay Alexander Reginald Willette Nay Corey S. Wilson Absent Ellen A. Winchenbach Yea Tom J. Winsor Nay Stephen J. Wood Nay Richard G. Woodbury Yea Edward M. Youngblood Nay