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The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a notice of investigation and order in its net energy billing rulemaking.

The Commission opens an investigation pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. § 1303(2) to examine the implementation of recently adopted provisions of Chapter 313 of the Commission’s rules, which governs the customer net energy billing (NEB) program in Maine.

In this order the Maine PUC directed CMP and Versant to do the following:

(1) obtain from “NEB project sponsors a list of customers who own shares in the project”

(2) refrain from sending Ch. 313-related notices to any customers until 21 days after the order date, with any notices already sent “deemed ineffective for the purpose of providing the required notice in advance of any termination”

(3) until it provides further notice, to be issued following resolution of the relevant legislation, continue to refrain from sending termination notices to customers “with multiple shared financial interest NEB agreements… if the customer has an ownership interest in the generation resources with which it has the agreement,” unless the “customer also subscribes to two or more projects.”

As previously reported on February 26, 2026 Staff filed its Recommended Decision.
DISCUSSION AND ORDER

“In view of the legislation referenced above, the Commission orders the T&D utilities to act and to refrain from acting under Chapter 313 as follows.

Obtain Customer Lists

No later than 21 days from the date of this Order, the T&D utilities must obtain from the NEB project sponsors a list of customers who own shares in the project. The T&D utilities must make a timely compliance filing in the above captioned docket, confirming the lists from each project sponsor have been obtained. The Commission expects that the project sponsors will work cooperatively with the T&D utilities to share the customer lists.