Testimony In Opposition of LD 646, “An Act to Remove the 100-megawatt Limit on Renewable Sources of Energy”

Senator Cleveland and Representative Hobbins,NRCM has been a steady supporter of Maine’s Renewable Portfolio Standard as it has evolved over the last decade, especially in 2007 when then Representative Ken Fletcher (among others) proposed what became the Class I RPS. As such, we oppose this bill which would weaken the RPS and provide no significant benefits to the increased production of ren...