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Did Troy Jackson back Maine's 2019 solar billing law, and was it changed later?

Matches stated record claim. He cosponsored and voted for Senator Dow's 2019 law, and later laws, two passed while he was Senate President, changed the program; how much the changes saved is not checked.

Troy D. Jackson

Solar net energy billing: his 2019 vote

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Asked on October 8 about his 2019 cosponsorship of and vote for LD 1711, the solar net energy billing law, he said it was Senator Dow's bill, a Republican from Lincoln County, that it cost more than it should have, and that the Legislature has reformed it twice since.

What the record shows ·

LD 1711 was sponsored by Senator Dana Dow, a Lincoln County Republican, with Jackson among its cosponsors. He voted Yea when the Senate accepted the committee's report 32 to 2 on June 17, 2019, and it became Public Law 2019, chapter 478. Later laws changed the program it created, two of them net energy billing bills passed while he was Senate President: LD 936 in 2021 and LD 1986 in 2023. A 2025 law changed it again.

Limit: The record shows the bill, his vote and the later laws. How much the changes saved ratepayers is in regulators' and the public advocate's reports, which were not read here.

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  1. WMTW debate, October 8: Jackson on LD 1711, the 2019 solar billing law (23:14)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHWVvlZCRXA&t=1394s

    WMTW-TV · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    23:14-24:31. Described from the host's YouTube captions; no second transcript was found, so the words are not quoted.

    candidate statement

    For: Did Troy Jackson back Maine's 2019 solar billing law, and was it changed later?

  2. LD 1711 (129th Legislature), sponsors and cosponsorshttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280073839

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Senator Dana Dow of Lincoln; President Troy Jackson of Aroostook among the cosponsors.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Troy Jackson back Maine's 2019 solar billing law, and was it changed later?

  3. Maine Senate Roll Call 312, LD 1711, accept the majority ought-to-pass-as-amended reporthttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280073839&chamber=S&serialnumber=312

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    June 17, 2019. Prevailed 32 to 2; Dow of Lincoln (R) and Jackson of Aroostook (D) recorded Y.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Troy Jackson back Maine's 2019 solar billing law, and was it changed later?

  4. LD 1711, An Act To Promote Solar Energy Projects and Distributed Generation Resources in Maine, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=1711&SessionID=13

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Signed June 26, 2019, Public Law 2019, chapter 478.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Troy Jackson back Maine's 2019 solar billing law, and was it changed later?

  5. 35-A M.R.S. section 3209-B, Commercial and institutional net energy billinghttps://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/35-A/title35-Asec3209-B.html

    Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Created by Public Law 2019, chapter 478 (LD 1711). Its history lists later amendments: PL 2021, c. 390 and c. 659; PL 2023, c. 411; PL 2025, c. 430.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Troy Jackson back Maine's 2019 solar billing law, and was it changed later?

  6. LD 936 (130th Legislature), net energy billing, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=936&SessionID=14

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    An Act To Amend State Laws Relating to Net Energy Billing and the Procurement of Distributed Generation. Became law without the Governor's signature, Public Law 2021, chapter 390.

    official legislative record

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  7. LD 1986 (131st Legislature), net energy billing, summaryhttps://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=1986&SessionID=15

    Maine Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    An Act Relating to Net Energy Billing and Distributed Solar and Energy Storage Systems. Signed July 10, 2023, Public Law 2023, chapter 411.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Troy Jackson back Maine's 2019 solar billing law, and was it changed later?

  8. Presidents of the Maine Senate, 1820 -https://legislature.maine.gov/lawlibrary/presidents-of-the-maine-senate-1820/9255/

    Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Legislature's law library lists Troy Dale Jackson of Allagash, Democrat, as President for 2019-2024, followed by Matthea Daughtry from 2025. Its Legislature column for his row reads 128th - 131st, which does not match those years (the 129th Legislature began in December 2018); the years are what this desk relies on. The Legislature's bill summary pages show a legislator's latest title, not the title when a bill was filed, so they cannot date his presidency.

    official office record

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