MAINE PUBLIC • May 11, 2023
William Harwood of Maine’s Office of the Public Advocate is warning that electric ratepayers are about to be hit with another price increase unless lawmakers change a law that encourages solar energy development. But it won't be an easy fix, and the solar industry is hitting back hard. Harwood wants the Legislature to revert to more modest subsidies that existed before the 2019 law change without changing the incentives that currently flow to homeowners or businesses with individual rooftop systems.