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Use of Electricity By Data Centers Law Enacted In Maine
LD 912 is an Act To Limit The Amount Of Electricity That May Be Provided To Data Centers On A Certain Commercial Or Industrial Sites. The bill as amended revises an existing statutory exception to the definition of “transmission and distribution utility” for commercial and industrial (C&I) consumers on a C&I site to provide that an entity that otherwise would qualify for the exception must be located within the control area of the New England independent system operator in a municipality north of the Town of Chester and may not use more than 25% of its nameplate capacity to serve data centers located on the commercial or industrial site.
This was an emergency bill that was signed May 23, 2025 and therefore took effect immediately.
