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The majority of my work during my last term focused on work we accomplished in the Joint Committee on Energy, Utilties and Technology. We passed major legislation that advanced Maine's Offshore Wind program; an onshore wind project and transmission line in Aroostook County; a number of improvements in solar electricity project development; modernization of the electricity grid; and many other pieces of legislation that both support Maine's climate goals as well as increase the amount of clean and affordable electricity for all.

But there was a lot more to this session than energy. We passed legislation that secured protections for reproductive rights; laws that will increase gun safety in the state; made investments in affordable housing, public edcuation and child car; and initiated a Paid Family Leave program.

• Resolve, to Conduct a Vehicle-to-grid Pilot Project Using Electric School Buses
• An Act Requiring the Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in New Commercial and Multifamily Parking Lot Construction
• An Act to Comprehensively and Equitably Reform Electricity Rates
• An Act to Create a 21st-Century Electric Grid
• An Act to Enhance Electric Utility Performance-based Ratemaking
• An Act Regarding Offshore Wind Terminals Located in Coastal Sand Dune Systems
• An Act to Clarify the Public Utilities Commission's Authority to Establish Time-of-use Pricing for Standard-offer Service
• An Act to Establish the Department of Energy Resources
• Resolve, to Establish a Commission to Study Pathways for Creating a Thermal Energy Networks Program in Maine
• An Act to Enhance the Coordination and Effectiveness of Integrated Distribution Grid Planning
• An Act to Authorize Municipalities to Form Community Choice Aggregation Programs to Procure Electricity (pending action by the Legislature)
• An Act to Align Long-range Grid Strategy with the State Energy Plan and Strengthen Integrated Grid Planning (pending action by the Legislature)

• An Act to Protect Birds and Wildlife in the Construction and Maintenance of Public Buildings
• Resolve, Directing the Maine Community College System to Study Providing On-campus Housing on All Campuses
• An Act Regarding the Reduction and Recycling of Food Waste
• An Act to Improve the Local Referendum Process by Increasing the Percentage of the Population Required to Submit a Local Referendum Question
• An Act to Improve Maine's Reproductive Privacy Laws
• An Act Regarding Trustee Duties to Beneficiaries
• An Act to Establish a Clean Hydrogen Pilot Program
• An Act to Regulate Outdoor Lighting
• An Act to Complete and Implement the Comprehensive Review of the Classification and Compensation System for Executive Branch Employees
• An Act Regarding the Procurement of Energy from Offshore Wind Resources
• An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission to Develop a Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program
• An Act to Advance Self-determination for Wabanaki Nations
• An Act to Strengthen Public Safety, Health and Well-being by Expanding Services and Coordinating Violence Prevention Resources
• An Act to Address Gun Violence in Maine by Requiring a Waiting Period for Certain Firearm Purchases
• An Act Regarding Offshore Wind Terminals Located in Coastal Sand Dune Systems
• Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to Convey by Sale the Interests of the State in 3 Properties Located in Biddeford, Sanford and York
•  An Act to Use Certain Regional Transmission Organization Payments for Beneficial Electrification to Reduce Electricity Rates
• An Act to Require the Office of the Public Advocate to Implement the State's Climate Action Plan
• An Act to Explore Public Financing and Ownership of Electric Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure
• An Act to Require Competitive Electricity Providers to Provide Certain Information to the Public Advocate
• An Act to Provide Funding for Low-income Electric Ratepayer Assistance
• An Act Prohibiting Public Utilities from Requiring Deposits Based Solely on a Residential Customer's Income
• An Act to Advance Long-duration Energy Storage Within the State11.LD 1196(SP485)
• Resolve, to Require the Towns of Kittery and York to Develop a Boundary Description1
• An Act to Increase the Membership of the Public Utilities Commission to 5 Members1
• An Act to Create a Direct Investment Pilot Project Under the Maine Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator