131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 2132		LR 2895(02)
	An Act to Clarify the Right to Appeal Certain Public Utilities Commission Decisions
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2023-24	FY 2024-25	Projections  FY 2025-26	Projections  FY 2026-27
Appropriations/Allocations
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$540,237	$557,326	$582,103
Revenue
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$540,237	$557,326	$582,103
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements
	This bill may increase the number of appeals to the Law Court. The additional workload does not require additional funding at this time. The collection of additional filing fees will increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The Public Utilities Commission has indicated that the additional adjudicatory proceedings due to this bill will require additional staff and resources to implement. This bill includes ongoing allocations of $540,237 to the PUC starting in fiscal year 2024-25 for two Staff Attorney positions and two Utility Analyst positions and associated costs. Since the PUC is funded by assessments on impacted utilities set to produce sufficient revenue for the expenditures needed to operate it, the increased allocations in this bill require a corresponding increase in revenue from those assessments.