Maine data center and energy laws

What Maine has enacted on data center and energy, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Maine is one of 29 states that enacted a data center and energy law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
3bills in scope
Past committee
3past committee
Most recent action
23 April 2026most recent action

Data center and energy laws enacted in Maine

3 data center and energy laws enacted in the Maine Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • LD 713An Act Regarding TaxationEnacted 23 April 2026

    What it requires: Property located in data centers that begin operations on or after August 1, 2026 is excluded from the business equipment tax exemption and the Dirigo Business Incentives Program. The Department of Economic and Community Development must study potential financial incentives for data centers and submit a report with suggested legislation by November 4, 2026.

    Tax incentives and clawbacks

  • LD 819An Act Concerning The Status Of Battery Storage Systems With Regard To The Business Equipment Tax ExemptionEnacted 1 July 2025

    What it does: Defines battery storage systems as commercially available technology using chemical processes to absorb and store energy, and excludes battery storage systems with a total capacity of 2 megawatts or more from the business equipment tax exemption.

    Tax incentives and clawbacks

  • LD 912An Act To Address The Use Of Electricity By Data CentersEnacted 23 May 2025

    What it requires: A generation service provider may not provide to data centers in the State a cumulative amount of electricity in a calendar year that exceeds 25% of the total electricity sold by that generation service provider to all of its customers in the State in that calendar year. Generation service providers must file quarterly reports with the commission identifying each data center served, electricity sold to each data center that quarter, and other information the commission requires.

    Large-load tariffs and cost allocation, Grid reliability and load flexibility

Data center and energy in Maine, by topic

Data center and energy bills in Maine

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

No bills in this tracker yet. New bills appear as legislatures file them.

Bill titles link to the Maine Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as data center and energy legislation

In scope: Large-load tariffs and cost allocation; siting, zoning and permitting; tax incentives and clawbacks; on-site and co-located generation; water, cooling and emissions; and grid reliability and load flexibility.

Questions

Does Maine have a data center and energy law?

Yes. Maine enacted 3 data center and energy laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them LD 713, LD 819 and LD 912. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

What does Maine legislate on most in data center and energy?

Tax incentives and clawbacks (2 bills), Large-load tariffs and cost allocation (1 bill) and Grid reliability and load flexibility (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Data center and energy bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Other practice areas in Maine

Data center and energy legislation in other jurisdictions

49 more currently hold bills in this tracker

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