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SB449 Relative to relative to the participation of large customer-generators in net metering and relative to energy storage in connection with net metering.

Environment & Energy Dead Auto-scored

Relative to relative to the participation of large customer-generators in net metering and relative to energy storage in connection with net metering.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

7
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Your Wallet

Expanded net metering lets more businesses and institutions generate their own power and reduce electricity costs.

7
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Your Community

More distributed energy and storage increases grid reliability and reduces dependence on fossil fuels.

7
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Your Freedom

Expands energy independence for larger generators and supports individual choice in energy production.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 181-158 04/23/2026 House Journal 11

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Timothy Lang (R)

The Short Version

Would expand net metering to include large customer-generators and allow energy storage systems to participate. Supports renewable energy adoption by letting larger solar installations and batteries participate in the grid credit system.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Businesses and institutions with large solar installations
  • ▲ Energy storage companies
  • ▲ Residents who benefit from a more resilient grid

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Utilities that must manage more distributed generation on their grid

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans opposed it ( 5 for , 180 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 153 for , 1 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Inexpedient to Legislate (kill motion) 2026-04-23
Passed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

180R + 1D
Voted to Kill the Bill (181)
5R + 153D
Voted to Keep It Alive (158)
36
Absent
18
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (181)

Republicans (180)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (158)

Republicans (5)
Democrats (153)
Absent (36)

Allan Howland (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathy Kenny (R) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Dennis Malloy (D) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gregory Sargent (D) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Joe Alexander (R) , Joe Sweeney (R) , John Sellers (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Karen Hegner (D) , Kate Murray (D) , Laura Telerski (D) , Laurel Stavis (D) , Laurence Miner (R) , Leonard Turcotte (R) , Mark Pearson (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Peter Morency (R) , Raymond Plante (R) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Stephanie Grund (D) , Ted Gorski (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Timothy Soucy (D) , Wayne Pearson (D)

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