Request for Proposals for the sale of Energy or Renewable Energy Credits from Distributed Generation Resources Pursuant to P.L. 2025 C. 430
Docket No. 2025-00319
| Date | Update |
|---|---|
| October 31, 2025 | RFP Issued |
| January 15, 2026 | Proposals Due |
Pursuant An Act to Reduce Costs and Increase Customer Protections for the State's Net Energy Billing Programs. Public Law 2025, Chapter 430 (Act), codified at 35-A M.R.S. § 3209-H, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) is seeking proposals from qualifying distributed generation resources (DG Resources) for the sale of energy and/or renewable energy credits (RECs).
To be a qualifying DG Resource, a generation facility must meet the requirements as defined in the Act. Specifically, a project must be a distributed generation resource* that:
(1) Reaches commercial operation before November 1, 2025;
(2) Participates in net energy billing pursuant to 3209‑A or 3209-B; and
(3) For which 75% or less of the bill credits associated with the distributed generation resource are allocated to a customer of or subscriber to the resource.
Bidders selected will enter into contract(s) with one or both of Maine’s investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities—Central Maine Power Company (CMP) and Versant Power (VP). Contracts awarded will be for the shorter of: (i) twenty (20) years; or (ii) the remainder of the eligible resource’s net energy billing agreement with a T&D Utility.
Bidders may submit questions or request additional information by contacting the RFP email address: PUC_NEB_Procurement@maine.gov.
To the extent bidder inquiries elicit generally applicable information or corrections/clarifications to existing information, a Question-and-Answer log (Q&A Log) will be available on this site and will be updated periodically. The Commission will accept questions or additional information requests until January 9, 2026.
The RFP contact person is Sally Zeh, the Commission’s Director of Electric and Gas Utility Industries. She may be contacted by email at sally.zeh@maine.gov.
- Request for Proposals
- Standard Form Contract
- DG Resource Proposal Information and 8760 Forms (Excel)
- Template for Affidavit - Proposal (MS Word)
- Template for Affidavit - NEB Participation (MS Word)
- Instructions for Submitting Proposal (PDF)
- Question and Answer Log
* "Distributed generation resource" has the same meaning as in 35-A M.R.S. § 3209‑A, subsection 1, paragraph B.