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Maine lawmakers release more details about proposed state broadband agency

Maine lawmakers release more details about proposed state broadband agency In a legislative committee meeting Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills called the proposal one of the most important pieces of legislation this session. Share Lawmakers on Tuesday provided more details about a bill that would establish an independent agency to oversee a sweeping expansion of high-speed internet service in the state, a proposal Gov. Janet Mills called “one of the most important pieces of legislation” before the Maine Legislature this year. An amendment to L.D. 1484, sponsored by Sen. Rick Bennett, R-Oxford, would create the Maine Connectivity Authority, a quasi-governmental body tasked with bringing affordable broadband internet service across the state over the next decade. The new agency would likely oversee investing up to $129 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act for internet expansion in concert with communities and private internet providers.

Maine lawmakers taking closer look at solar power payback

Maine lawmakers taking closer look at solar power payback Critics worry the state is forcing utilities to pay solar power providers especially large commercial producers too much, and that the burden will end up on the backs of ratepayers. By Bonnie WashukSpecial to the Sun Journal Read Article AUGUSTA Consumers interested in rooftop or community solar should stay tuned to what comes out of the Maine Legislature by the time members adjourn in June. At issue is something called net energy billing, which in simple terms means when a home’s or business’s rooftop solar panels generate more electricity than needed onsite and the home or business owner gets credit for that electricity, which gets fed into the New England power grid.

Mills has a chance to fill key energy post as LePage appointee s PUC term ends

increase font size Mills has a chance to fill key energy post as LePage appointee’s PUC term ends The 6-year term of Bruce Williamson, an economist who was nominated to the Maine Public Utilities Commission by then-Gov. Paul LePage in 2015, ended in March. Share An expired term on the three-member Maine Public Utilities Commission is giving Gov. Janet Mills an opportunity to advance her climate change mitigation agenda with a key nomination to a panel with an outsize influence on state energy policy. The six-year term of Bruce Williamson, an economist who was nominated by former Gov. Paul LePage in 2015, ended in March. Mills already has begun interviewing candidates for the position, although their names have not been disclosed.

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