The Legislature restored energy efficiency funding to the Efficiency Maine Trust. In March, the Public Utilities Commission slashed $38 million from energy efficiency programs. The funding cut was the result of a clerical error in the omnibus energy bill of 2013 – the word “AND” had been erroneously omitted. Rep. Gideon sponsored a bill to fix the error and restore the energy efficiency funding. The bill overwhelmingly passed both bodies and was vetoed by Governor LePage. In an act of solidarity and good governance, the Legislature unanimously overrode the Governor’s veto. This was one of the bills the Governor held hostage; offering to sign the bill in exchange for more control over Efficiency Maine. The Legislature did not agree to the Governor’s terms.YES IS THE PRO ENVIRONMENT VOTE

Status: Bill vetoed by Governor; veto override successful

Sponsor: Sara Gideon

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2015	Roll Call	179	0	0	7	186	1
Votes	Show Justin L. Alfond Yea Robert W. Alley, Sr. Yea Susan M. W. Austin Yea Christopher W. Babbidge Yea Linda L. Baker Yea Dillon F. Bates Yea Kevin J. Battle Yea Roberta B. Beavers Yea Henry E. M. Beck Yea Pinny Beebe-Center Yea Bruce A. Bickford Yea Russell J. Black Yea Lydia Blume Yea Eric L. Brakey Yea Catherine Breen Yea Heidi E. Brooks Yea Mark E. Bryant Yea Andrew Russell Buckland Yea David C. Burns Yea Christine S. Burstein Yea James J. Campbell, Sr. Yea Richard H. Campbell Yea Paul Chace Yea Ralph Chapman Yea Justin M. Chenette Absent Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Ronald F Collins Yea Janice E. Cooper Yea Patrick W. Corey Yea Dale J. Crafts Yea Andre E. Cushing III Yea Scott W. Cyrway Yea Matthea Larsen Daughtry Yea Paul T. Davis Yea James E. Davitt Yea Jennifer L. DeChant Yea Michael G. Devin Absent Bill Diamond Yea James F. Dill Yea Kathleen R. J. Dillingham Yea Mark N. Dion Yea Donna R. Doore Yea Robert S. Duchesne Absent Larry C. Dunphy Yea Michelle Ann Dunphy Yea David E. Dutremble Yea Peter Edgecomb Yea Anthony J. Edgecomb Yea Ellie Espling Yea Jeffrey Evangelos Yea Mark W. Eves Yea Richard R. Farnsworth Yea Bradlee Thomas Farrin Yea Ryan M. Fecteau Yea Robert A. Foley Yea Lori A. Fowle Yea Kenneth Wade Fredette Yea Aaron M. Frey Yea Drew Gattine Yea Karen A. Gerrish Yea Stanley J. Gerzofsky Yea Sara Gideon Yea Paul E. Gilbert Yea James S. Gillway Absent Phyllis A. Ginzler Yea Jared F. Golden Yea Adam A. Goode Yea Gay M. Grant Yea Geoffrey M. Gratwick Yea Randall Adam Greenwood Yea Martin J. Grohman Yea Stacey K. Guerin Yea Scott M. Hamann Yea James M. Hamper Yea Sheldon Mark Hanington Yea Jeffery P. Hanley Yea Denise Patricia Harlow Yea Anne M. Haskell Yea Stephanie Hawke Yea Frances M. Head Yea Erin D. Herbig Yea Lloyd C. Herrick Absent Craig V. Hickman Yea Norman E. Higgins Yea Dawn Hill Yea Gary L. Hilliard Yea Brian D. Hobart Yea Barry J. Hobbins Yea George W. Hogan Yea Brian L. Hubbell Yea Patricia Hymanson Yea Christopher K. Johnson Yea Erik C. Jorgensen Yea Roger J. Katz Yea MaryAnne Kinney Yea Jonathan L. Kinney Yea Victoria P. Kornfield Yea Chuck Kruger Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Michel A. Lajoie Yea Brian D. Langley Yea Nathan L. Libby Yea Lawrence E. Lockman Yea Ricky D. Long Yea Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea Peter A. Lyford Yea Joyce A. Maker Yea Richard S. Malaby Absent Donald G. Marean Yea John L. Martin Yea Roland Danny Martin Yea Garrett Paul Mason Yea Anne-Marie Mastraccio Yea Jeff M. McCabe Yea Michael D. McClellan Yea Earle L. McCormick Yea Joyce McCreight Yea Carol A. McElwee Yea Andrew J. McLean Yea Gina M. Melaragno Yea Rebecca J. Millett Yea David R. Miramant Yea Kimberly J. Monaghan Yea Matthew W. Moonen Yea Terry K. Morrison Yea Catherine M. Nadeau Yea William F. Noon (Deceased) Yea Robert W. Nutting Yea Beth A. O’Connor Yea Wayne R. Parry Yea John L. Patrick Yea Matthew J. Peterson Yea John Joseph Picchiotti Yea Richard A. Pickett Yea Teresa S. Pierce Yea Jeffrey K. Pierce Yea Matthew G. Pouliot Yea Christine B. Powers Yea Dwayne W. Prescott Yea Roger E. Reed Yea Kimberley C. Rosen Yea Margaret R. Rotundo Yea Diane M. Russell Yea Deane Rykerson Yea Linda F. Sanborn Absent Deborah J. Sanderson Yea Robert J. Saucier Yea Thomas B. Saviello Yea David P. Sawicki Yea John C. Schneck Yea H. Stedman Seavey Yea Michael A. Shaw (Resigned) Yea Roger L. Sherman Yea Stanley Byron Short, Jr. Yea Heather W. Sirocki Yea Thomas H. Skolfield Yea Stephen S. Stanley Yea Paul A. Stearns Yea Joel R. Stetkis Yea Peter C. Stuckey Yea Gary E. Sukeforth Yea Denise A. Tepler Yea Timothy S. Theriault Yea Michael D. Thibodeau Yea Jeffrey L. Timberlake Yea Michael J. Timmons Yea Ryan D. Tipping Yea Ralph L. Tucker Yea William R. Tuell Yea Beth P. Turner Yea Karen Vachon Yea Linda M. Valentino Yea Arthur C. Verow Yea Amy Fern Volk Yea Nathan J. Wadsworth Yea Raymond A. Wallace Yea Karleton S. Ward Yea Charlotte Warren Yea Joan W. Welsh Yea Dustin Michael White Yea Rodney L. Whittemore Yea Michael J. Willette Yea Tom J. Winsor Yea Stephen J. Wood Yea David Woodsome Yea