MAINE PUBLIC • January 15, 2026
Two solar farms with owners from outside Maine have sued state energy regulators to block expensive new fees imposed by a rollback of the state's solar energy subsidy program. Berwick Solar and Rumford Solar alleged that last year's law illegally targeted out-of-state developers to benefit the interests of Maine electric customers and voters. The law that rolled back a five-year-old expansion of Maine's Net Energy Billing program would "extract economic value from captive out-of-state project investors and redirect that value to the state's own domestic interests," Berwick Solar and Rumford Solar allege. The solar farms are registered and based in Maine but have owners and members outside the state. Berwick is a 2.5 megawatt array and Rumford is capable of producing 3.5 megawatts.