MAINE PUBLIC • February 27, 2025
Lawmakers are considering a handful of proposals aimed at repealing or eliminating the Net Energy Billing program. Net energy billing, a program designed to promote solar power, has long drawn fire from critics, who say it’s unfair for ratepayers to subsidize solar development in the state, citing the already high energy costs in Maine. But supporters of the program say eliminated it would kneecap solar development, betray existing long-term contracts, and hurt the state's progress towards net zero carbon emissions.