PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 24, 2025
Community solar companies across Maine sued the Public Utilities Commission Monday, attempting to block the implementation of a new law designed to reduce the impact of solar development subsidies on the state’s electricity customers. A group of 11 companies are claiming the law, which modifies Maine’s long-fought-over net energy billing program, violates their constitutional rights. The law, passed earlier this year, restructured the program. But the solar companies claim it would cause “immediate and irreparable harm” to their businesses and are asking for a preliminary injunction before Jan. 1, when the new law takes effect. The Maine Office of the Public Advocate forecast the law would save electricity customers about $1.2 billion over the next 16 years.