The Governor introduced a bill that would have undercut Maine’s existing Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard by removing the 100-megawatt cap on eligibility for hydropower. The bill would have required Maine ratepayers to subsidize massive Canadian hydropower dams at the expense of Maine-produced renewable energy like wind and solar. A majority of the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee voted against the Governor’s bill and for an amended bill that maintained the cap. This amendment prevailed in the House and was defeated in the Senate, and ultimately died in non-concurrence. Rep. Stacey Fitts was the lead on the amended bill.

Status:

Bill died in Non-concurrence (House and Senate could not agree)

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2012	Roll Call	91	85	0	9	185	1
Votes	Show Justin L. Alfond Yea Bernard L. A. Ayotte Nay Philip L. Bartlett Yea Paulette G. Beaudoin Yea Michael G. Beaulieu Nay Roberta B. Beavers Yea Henry E. M. Beck Yea Devin M. Beliveau Yea Paul Edward Bennett Nay Seth A. Berry Yea Bruce A. Bickford Nay Russell J. Black Nay Anna D. Blodgett Yea Andrea M. Boland Yea Brian D. Bolduc Yea Joseph C. Brannigan Yea Sheryl J. Briggs Yea Mark E. Bryant Yea David C. Burns Yea Emily Ann Cain Yea Michael E. Carey Absent Alan M. Casavant Yea Richard M. Cebra Nay Michael Celli Absent Ralph Chapman Yea Kathleen D. Chase Nay Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Tyler Clark Nay Herbert E. Clark Yea Michael H. Clarke Yea Ronald F Collins Nay Alexander Cornell du Houx Absent H. David Cotta Nay Jonathan T.E. Courtney Nay Dale J. Crafts Nay Margaret M. Craven Yea Dean A. Cray Nay Jarrod S. Crockett Yea Philip A. Curtis Nay Andre E. Cushing III Absent Douglas K. Damon Nay Paul T. Davis Nay Bill Diamond Yea James F. Dill Yea Cynthia A. Dill Yea Mark N. Dion Absent Dana L. Dow Nay Timothy E. Driscoll Yea Robert S. Duchesne Yea Larry C. Dunphy Nay Jane E. Eberle Yea Peter Edgecomb Nay Ellie Espling Nay Mark W. Eves Yea Nichi S. Farnham Nay Stacey Allen Fitts Nay Joyce A. Fitzpatrick Nay Elspeth M. Flemings Yea Patrick S. A. Flood Nay Leslie T Fossel Nay Karen D. Foster Nay Kenneth Wade Fredette Absent Stanley J. Gerzofsky Yea Jeffery Allen Gifford Nay Paul E. Gilbert Yea James S. Gillway Nay Seth A. Goodall Yea Adam A. Goode Yea Anne P. Graham Yea Stacey K. Guerin Nay James M. Hamper Nay Stephen P. Hanley Yea Denise Patricia Harlow Yea R. Ryan Harmon Nay Lance Evans Harvell Nay David R. Hastings Nay Teresea Hayes Yea Erin D. Herbig Yea Dawn Hill Yea Jon Hinck Yea Barry J. Hobbins Yea George W. Hogan Yea Robert B. Hunt Yea Melissa Walsh Innes Yea Troy Dale Jackson Yea Peter B. Johnson Nay David D. Johnson Nay Christopher K. Johnson Yea Bryan T Kaenrath Yea Roger J. Katz Nay Peter S. Kent Absent Dennis L. Keschl Nay Jane S. Knapp Yea L. Gary Knight Nay Chuck Kruger Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Michel A. Lajoie Yea Brian D. Langley Nay Aaron F Libby Nay Ricky D. Long Nay Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Stephen D. Lovejoy Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea W. Bruce MacDonald Yea Joyce A. Maker Nay Richard S. Malaby Nay Maeghan Maloney Yea John L. Martin Yea Thomas H. Martin Nay Garrett Paul Mason Nay Edward J. Mazurek Yea Jeff M. McCabe Yea Michael D. McClellan Nay Earle L. McCormick Nay Howard E. McFadden Nay Jonathan B. McKane Nay Kimberly J. Monaghan Yea Susan E. Morissette Nay Terry K. Morrison Yea Bradley S. Moulton Yea Joan M. Nass Nay Mary Pennell Nelson Yea Melvin Newendyke Nay Robert W. Nutting Nay Andrew R. O’Brien Yea Beth A. O’Connor Nay Kimberly N. Olsen Nay James W. Parker Nay Wayne R. Parry Nay John L. Patrick Yea Anita Peavey Haskell Yea Ann E. Peoples Yea Matthew J. Peterson Absent John Joseph Picchiotti Nay Donald E. Pilon Absent Debra D. Plowman Nay Gary E. Plummer Nay Kerri L. Prescott Nay Charles R. Priest Yea Helen Rankin Yea Kevin L. Raye Nay Christopher W. Rector Nay David E. Richardson Yea Wesley E. Richardson Nay Peter B. Rioux Nay Megan M. Rochelo Yea Richard W. Rosen Nay Kimberley C. Rosen Nay Margaret R. Rotundo Yea Diane M. Russell Yea Linda F. Sanborn Yea Deborah J. Sanderson Nay Ralph W. Sarty, Jr. Nay Thomas B. Saviello Nay Elizabeth M. Schneider Yea Michael A. Shaw (Resigned) Yea Roger L. Sherman Nay Heather W. Sirocki Nay Lois A. Snowe-Mello Nay Sara R. Stevens Yea Meredith N. Strang Burgess Yea Peter C. Stuckey Yea Nancy B. Sullivan Yea Charles Kenneth Theriault Yea Michael D. Thibodeau Nay Douglas A. Thomas Nay Dianne C. Tilton Yea Jeffrey L. Timberlake Nay Sharon Anglin Treat Yea Beth P. Turner Nay John L. Tuttle Yea Linda M. Valentino Yea Amy Fern Volk Nay Richard V Wagner Yea Raymond A. Wallace Nay G. Paul Waterhouse Nay Windol C. Weaver Nay David C. Webster Yea Joan W. Welsh Yea Rodney L. Whittemore Nay Alexander Reginald Willette Yea Michael J. Willette Nay Tom J. Winsor Nay Stephen J. Wood Nay Richard G. Woodbury Yea