3-3-26 Committee On Energy, Utilities and Technology

Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee · March 4, 2026

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Opening and member introductions

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Chair Melanie Sachs opened the afternoon session, identified herself as "health chair of EUT" and invited members to introduce themselves; multiple representatives and senators gave their names and districts (e.g., Nathan Wadsworth, Kilton Webb, Reagan Poll, Matt Harrington, Chris Kessler, Steve Foster, Matthew McIntyre, Jerry Ronte). Chair announced agenda: supplemental budget votes and a PUC presentation on the nonwires alternative assessment report.

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The Maine Legislature'9s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee met to consider supplemental budget items for the new Department of Energy Resources, including funding for a grid-resilience grant program, moving DOER leadership salaries from federal to state funds, reauthorizing Finance Authority of Maine energy bonding authority, and to hear a Public Utilities Commission report on nonwires alternatives.

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