The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a rule, effective January 1, 2018, that will charge people for the solar they produce to power their own homes. The rule will require Central Maine Power (CMP) to install new meters on solar homes, which are to be paid for by all ratepayers, not CMP. The rule will also eliminate net-metering, the current reimbursement mechanism to solar producers for the power they sell back to the grid, in 2018. LD 1504, which was amended, would have superseded the rule and required the PUC to develop an alternative to net-metering by 2019, and to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of it. Additionally, the bill would have increased the number of people who can participate in a solar farm to 100 from the current limit of 10. The bill passed the legislature by more than a two-thirds majority in both bodies and was vetoed by the governor. While the Senate overrode the veto, the House sustained it. The veto override votes are scored here. YES IS THE PRO ENVIRONMENT VOTE

Status: Bill vetoed by governor; veto sustained.

Sponsor: Thomas B. Saviello

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2017	Roll Call	116	54	0	14	186	1
Votes	Show Kent Ackley Yea Robert W. Alley, Sr. Yea Susan M. W. Austin Nay Betty A. Austin Yea Christopher W. Babbidge Yea Donna Bailey Yea Dillon F. Bates Yea Kevin J. Battle Yea Pinny Beebe-Center Yea Shenna L Bellows Yea Seth A. Berry Yea Bruce A. Bickford Yea Russell J. Black Yea Lydia Blume Yea Richard T. Bradstreet Nay Eric L. Brakey Nay Catherine Breen Yea Heidi E. Brooks Yea Mark E. Bryant Yea Richard H. Campbell Nay Barbara A. Cardone Yea Michael E Carpenter Yea Brownie Carson Yea Owen D. Casás Yea Richard M. Cebra Nay Paul Chace Absent Ralph Chapman Yea Justin M. Chenette Yea Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Benjamin T. Collings Yea Ronald F Collins Yea Janice E. Cooper Yea Patrick W. Corey Yea Garrel Robert Craig Nay Andre E. Cushing III Nay Scott W. Cyrway Nay Matthea Larsen Daughtry Yea Paul T. Davis Nay Jennifer L. DeChant Yea Dale J. Denno Yea Susan A. Deschambault Yea Michael G. Devin Excused Bill Diamond Yea James F. Dill Yea Kathleen R. J. Dillingham Yea Mark N. Dion Yea Donna R. Doore Yea Dana L. Dow Yea Robert S. Duchesne Yea Michelle Ann Dunphy Yea Ellie Espling Nay Richard R. Farnsworth Yea Bradlee Thomas Farrin Nay Jessica L. Fay Yea Ryan M. Fecteau Yea Robert A. Foley Yea Kenneth Wade Fredette Nay Aaron M. Frey Yea Roger Jason Fuller Yea Drew Gattine Yea Karen A. Gerrish Nay Sara Gideon Yea James S. Gillway Yea Phyllis A. Ginzler Nay Jared F. Golden Absent Gay M. Grant Yea Geoffrey M. Gratwick Yea Chad Wayne Grignon Nay Martin J. Grohman Yea Stacey K. Guerin Absent David G. Haggan Nay Scott M. Hamann Yea James M. Hamper Yea James R. Handy Yea Sheldon Mark Hanington Nay Jeffery P. Hanley Nay Denise Patricia Harlow Yea Matthew A. Harrington Yea Lance Evans Harvell Absent Stephanie Hawke Nay Frances M. Head Nay Erin D. Herbig Yea Lloyd C. Herrick Yea Craig V. Hickman Yea Norman E. Higgins Yea Dawn Hill Yea Gary L. Hilliard Absent George W. Hogan Yea Brian L. Hubbell Yea Patricia Hymanson Absent Troy Dale Jackson Yea Chris A. Johansen Nay Erik C. Jorgensen Absent Roger J. Katz Yea Lisa Keim Yea MaryAnne Kinney Yea Jonathan L. Kinney Nay Victoria P. Kornfield Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Brian D. Langley Yea Mark W. Lawrence Absent Nathan L. Libby Yea Lawrence E. Lockman Nay Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea Peter A. Lyford Nay Colleen M. Madigan Yea John E. Madigan, Jr. Yea Joyce A. Maker Yea Richard S. Malaby Nay Donald G. Marean Yea John L. Martin Yea Roland Danny Martin Yea Gina M. Mason Nay Garrett Paul Mason Nay Anne-Marie Mastraccio Yea David Harold McCrea Yea Joyce McCreight Yea Carol A. McElwee Nay Andrew J. McLean Yea Gina M. Melaragno Yea Rebecca J. Millett Yea David R. Miramant Yea Kimberly J. Monaghan Yea Matthew W. Moonen Yea Catherine M. Nadeau Yea Beth A. O’Connor Nay Margaret M. O’Neil Yea Lester S. Ordway Nay Jennifer Ellen Parker Yea Wayne R. Parry Nay Michael D. Perkins Nay Anne C. Perry Yea John Joseph Picchiotti Nay Richard A. Pickett Nay Teresa S. Pierce Yea Jeffrey K. Pierce Absent Matthew G. Pouliot Yea Dwayne W. Prescott Nay Lois Galgay Reckitt Absent Roger E. Reed Nay Christina Riley Yea Kimberley C. Rosen Yea Deane Rykerson Yea Heidi H. Sampson Nay Heather B. Sanborn Yea Deborah J. Sanderson Nay Thomas B. Saviello Yea John C. Schneck Absent H. Stedman Seavey Nay Bettyann W. Sheats Yea Roger L. Sherman Nay Abden S. Simmons Absent Heather W. Sirocki Nay Thomas H. Skolfield Nay John Alden Spear Yea Stephen S. Stanley Yea Paul A. Stearns Yea Joel R. Stetkis Nay Harold L. Stewart III Nay Scott Walter Strom Nay Paula G. Sutton Nay Michael A. Sylvester Yea Rachel Talbot Ross Yea Denise A. Tepler Yea Maureen Fitzgerald Terry Yea Timothy S. Theriault Nay Michael D. Thibodeau Nay Jeffrey L. Timberlake Nay Ryan D. Tipping Yea Ralph L. Tucker Yea William R. Tuell Yea Beth P. Turner Absent Karen Vachon Yea Eloise A. Vitelli Yea Amy Fern Volk Excused Nathan J. Wadsworth Nay Raymond A. Wallace Nay Karleton S. Ward Absent Charlotte Warren Yea Dustin Michael White Nay Rodney L. Whittemore Yea Tom J. Winsor Nay Stephen J. Wood Nay David Woodsome Yea Stanley Paige Zeigler, Jr. Yea