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July 29, 2025

New state law adds ‘insult to injury' for Maine solar, clean energy

  • The law aims to better protect ratepayers, but opponents say it could bring Maine's growing renewable energy sector to a halt.  The card is the bank's latest attempt to grab a piece of the high-fee, high-rewards credit card market.
    • By CHRIS D'ANGELO
    The Maine Monitor

    It would be hard to argue that Maine's solar incentive program hasn't been successful in spurring the development of small-scale solar projects. Since it was established in 2019, the program, formally called Net Energy Billing, has helped bring hundreds of arrays and more than 1 gigawatt of solar power onto the grid — far exceeding the program's 750 megawatt goal.

    Where community support for the program wanes is on the issue of costs, with critics arguing that NEB has become a raw deal for Maine ratepayers who have subsidized solar development to the tune of more than $200 million annually.


     
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