Maine Solar Energy Licensing Law
Maine Code · 3 sections
The following is the full text of Maine’s solar energy licensing law statutes as published in the Maine Code. For the official version, see the Maine Legislature.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 1101
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1999, c. 386, Pt. F, §1 (AMD).] 1. Apprentice electrician. "Apprentice electrician" means an apprentice who is engaged in a written agreement to work at and learn the trade of an electrician under the direct supervision of a licensed master, journeyman or limited electrician in an apprenticeship program registered pursuant to 29 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 29.3 (2016) with the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship or a state apprenticeship agency recognized by the Office of Apprenticeship. [PL 2017, c. 198, §2 (AMD).] 1-A. Electrical company. "Electrical company" means a person, firm, corporation or partnership employing licensees engaged in the business of doing electrical installations. [PL 2011, c. 286, Pt. F, §1 (AMD); PL 2011, c. 406, §1 (AMD).] 1-B. Board. "Board" means the Electricians' Examining Board. [PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. I, §1 (NEW).] 2. Electrical installations. "Electrical installations" means the installation, repair, alteration and maintenance of electrical conductors, fittings, devices and fixtures for heating, lighting, power purposes or heat activated fire alarms, intrusion alarms, energy management, telephone, cable and closed-circuit television, sound systems, data transmission, conduit and raceway systems and electrically supervised manual fire alarms and sprinkler systems. "Electrical installations" includes complete installations related to photovoltaic, fuel cell and wind power generation systems. "Electrical installations" does not include the installation or repair of portable appliances and other portable electrical equipment, installation of which involves only the insertion of an attachment plug into a fixed receptacle outlet. It is the meaning and intent of this subsection that the word "portable" does not include or apply to any type of fixed electrically operated or driven equipment. [PL 2017, c. 198, §2 (AMD).] 3. Helper electrician. "Helper electrician" means a person licensed to make electrical installations in the employment of a licensed master electrician, limited electrician or electrical company and under the direct supervision of a licensed master, journeyman or limited electrician but who does not qualify under subsection 1. [PL 2017, c. 198, §2 (AMD).] 3-A. Journeyman-in-training electrician. "Journeyman-in-training electrician" means a person making electrical installations in the employment of a licensed master electrician, limited electrician or electrical company and under the indirect supervision of a licensed limited or master electrician. [PL 2017, c. 198, §2 (AMD).] 4. Journeyman electrician. "Journeyman electrician" means a person licensed to make electrical installations in the employment and under the indirect supervision of a licensed master electrician, limited electrician or electrical company. [PL 2017, c. 198, §2 (AMD).] 4-A. Supervision. [PL 2017, c. 198, §2 (RP).] 5. Limited electrician. "Limited electrician" means a person licensed to make electrical installations limited to a specific type of electrically operated equipment or to specific electrical installations only authorized by this license. [PL 2017, c. 198, §2 (AMD).] 6. Master electrician. "Master electrician" means a licensed person qualified under this chapter to engage in the business of installing electrical wires, conduits, apparatus, fixtures and other electrical equipment. [PL 2017, c. 198, §2 (AMD).] 7. Public service corporation. [PL 2011, c. 290, §1 (RP).] 8. Utility corporation. "Utility corporation" means a utility that is not a public utility, as defined in Title 35‑A, section 102, or a person, firm or corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission. [PL 2011, c. 290, §2 (RPR).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 385, §2 (AMD). PL 1965, c. 498, §1 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 363 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 767, §§31-35 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 295, §1 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 302, §§3,4 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 577, §§5-9 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 413, §§31,32 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 395, §§B3,B4 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 735, §§42-46 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 443, §82 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 450, §§10,11 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 349, §66 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 325, §§1-6 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 336, §1 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 502, §§H24,25 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 119, §1 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 386, §F1 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 606, §1 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 20, §OO2 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 20, §OO4 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 545, §5 (REV). PL 2003, c. 603, §1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 347, §§B1,2 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. I, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 415, Pt. A, §17 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 286, Pt. F, §§1-4 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 290, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 406, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 491, §14 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 650, §1 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 198, §2 (AMD). The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal advice, please consult a qualified attorney.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 18104
The licensing provisions of this chapter do not apply to: [PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. C, §3 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).] 1. Electricians. An electrician duly licensed under chapter 17 insofar as the installation of electrical equipment or the performance of any electrical work involved in the installation of oil or solid fuel or propane or natural gas burners is concerned; [PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. C, §3 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).] 2. Engineers and operators. A person holding an engineer's license issued under section 15109, or working under the general supervision of one so licensed while performing oil or solid fuel burner repair and maintenance on propane or natural gas burning equipment as is necessary in the steam or heating plant where that person is employed, if that work is performed in compliance with section 18107, or a person employed by companies under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission; [PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. C, §3 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).] 3. Equipment. Solid fuel burning fireplace stoves, room heaters and stoves designed exclusively for heating and cooking and not attached to a central heating system and heating or cooling equipment operated by means of solar energy; [PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. C, §3 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).] 4. Highway transport drivers. A highway transport driver who drives a tractor-trailer commercial motor vehicle that has a cargo tank with a water capacity of 9,000 gallons or more and delivers propane to a bulk plant, as defined in NFPA standards, Number 58, or industrial customers; [PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. C, §3 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).] 5. Individual user of a self-service propane or natural gas dispensing station. An individual user of a self-service propane or natural gas dispensing station; [PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. C, §3 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).] 6. Mechanics. The installation of air-handling equipment, sheet metal and other specialized equipment and services associated with oil or solid fuel or propane or natural gas burning equipment made by qualified mechanics of those trades who do not hold a master oil and solid fuel burning technician's license under section 18132, journeyman oil and solid fuel burning technician's license under section 18133, apprentice oil and solid fuel burning technician's license under section 18134 or propane and natural gas technician's license under section 18135. Such an installation must conform to the standards and rules of the board and must be made under the supervision of a master oil and solid fuel burning technician or propane and natural gas technician having responsibility for the installation; [PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. C, §3 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).] 7. Personal abode. A person making an oil, solid fuel, propane or natural gas burning installation in a single family residence occupied or to be occupied by that person as that person's bona fide personal abode, provided that the installation conforms with standards and rules of the board; [PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. C, §3 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).] 8. Persons working on internal combustion engines and associated gas trains. A person who works on internal combustion engines and associated gas trains; [PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. C, §3 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).] 9. Plumbers. A plumber duly licensed under chapter 49 insofar as the work covered by that chapter is involved; and [PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. C, §3 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).] 10. Regular employees of industrial facilities. Regular employees of industrial plants installing and servicing oil, solid fuel, propane or natural gas burning equipment of greater than 10,000,000 BTUs per hour input. [PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. C, §3 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. C, §3 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF). The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or interpretation of Maine law to the public. If you need legal advice, please consult a qualified attorney.
Me. Rev. Stat. § t2-s9
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§9. Governor's Energy Office
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Director.Â
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(CONFLICT: Text as amended by PL 2025, c. 390, Pt. A, §§2, 3 and repealed by PL 2025, c. 476, Pt. A, §3) In consultation with the Efficiency Maine Trust Board, established in Title 5, section 12004âG, subsection 10âC, prepare and submit a comprehensive state energy plan to the Governor and the Legislature by January 15, 2009 and submit an updated plan every 2 years thereafter. Within the comprehensive state energy plan, the director shall identify opportunities to lower the total cost of energy to consumers in this State and transmission capacity and infrastructure needs and recommend appropriate actions to lower the total cost of energy to consumers in this State and facilitate the development and integration of new renewable energy generation within the State and support the State's renewable resource portfolio requirements specified in Title 35âA, section 3210 and wind energy development goals specified in Title 35âA, section 3404. The comprehensive state energy plan must include a section that specifies the State's progress in meeting the oil dependence reduction targets in subsection 5. The office shall make recommendations, if needed, for additional legislative and administrative actions to ensure that the State can meet the reduction targets in subsection 5. The recommendations must include a cost and resource estimate for technology development needed to meet the reduction targets.
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Address the association between energy planning and meeting the greenhouse gas reduction goals in the state climate action plan pursuant to Title 38, section 577. The director shall consult with the Department of Environmental Protection in developing this portion of the plan;
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Include a section devoted to wind energy development, including:
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The State's progress toward meeting the wind energy development goals established in Title 35âA, section 3404, subsection 2, including an assessment of the likelihood of achieving the goals and any recommended changes to the goals;
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Examination of the permitting process and any recommended changes to the permitting process;
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Identified successes in implementing the recommendations contained in the February 2008 final report of the Governor's Task Force on Wind Power Development created by executive order issued May 8, 2007;
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A summary of tangible benefits provided by expedited wind energy developments, including, but not limited to, documentation of community benefits packages and community benefit agreement payments provided;
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A review of the community benefits package requirement under Title 35âA, section 3454, subsection 2, the actual amount of negotiated community benefits packages relative to the statutorily required minimum amount and any recommended changes to community benefits package policies;
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Projections of wind energy developers' plans, as well as technology trends and their state policy implications; and
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Recommendations, including, but not limited to, identification of places within the State's unorganized and deorganized areas for inclusion in the expedited permitting area established pursuant to Title 35âA, chapter 34âA and the creation of an independent siting authority to consider wind energy development applications;
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Include a description of activities undertaken pursuant to paragraph H; and
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Include a description of the State's activities relating to the expansion of natural gas service, any actions taken by the office to expand access to natural gas in the State and any recommendations for actions by the Legislature to expand access to natural gas in the State.
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The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters may report out legislation by February 1st of each odd-numbered year relating to the content of the plan. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources matters may make recommendations regarding that legislation to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over energy matters;  [PL 2025, c. 390, Pt. A, §§2, 3 (AMD); PL 2025, c. 476, Pt. A, §3 (RP).]
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Oil dependence reduction plan.Â
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Distributed Solar and Energy Storage Program.Â
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Reporting of petroleum inventories and deliveries.Â
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SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 656, Pt. C, §1 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 372, Pt. H, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 655, Pt. C, §§1, 2 (AMD). RR 2011, c. 2, §1 (COR). PL 2011, c. 55, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 400, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 655, Pt. MM, §§1-4 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 655, Pt. MM, §26 (AFF). PL 2013, c. 415, §§1-4 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 541, §1 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 411, §1 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 533, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 646, Pt. A, §§1, 2 (AMD). RR 2023, c. 2, Pt. A, §2 (COR). PL 2025, c. 293, §1 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 390, Pt. A, §§2, 3 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 476, Pt. A, §3 (RP).
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