Ellsworth ME Solar, LLC v. Public Utilities Comission

Summary

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the Public Utilities Commission’s denial of Ellsworth ME Solar’s petition for a good‑cause exemption from the 2024 commercial‑operation deadline and its refusal to reopen the record. The Court held that the Commission’s factual findings were supported by substantial evidence, its statutory interpretation was reasonable, the denial was not arbitrary, and no abuse of discretion occurred in denying the record‑reopening request.