Scope
Maine Executive Order 5 (FY 25/26) directs the Department of Energy Resources to coordinate with the Public Utilities Commission to identify and implement strategies to protect ratepayers from new or increased energy costs resulting from data center development, to the extent permissible under law, and establishes the Maine Data Center Advisory Council to evaluate issues related to large-scale data centers and submit a final strategy report. It does not pause any permit.
- Geographic scope
- Maine
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Executive
- Issuing authority
- Governor of Maine
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Effective date not stated in the source
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Maine Governor's Executive Order 5 of fiscal year 2025-26 directs the Department of Energy Resources to work with the Public Utilities Commission on strategies to protect ratepayers from data-center-driven energy costs and creates the Maine Data Center Advisory Council to evaluate large-scale data center issues and deliver a strategy report with any proposed legislation. The order sets up study and coordination; it does not stop or pause data center permits.
What this does not establish
- The official page shows "FY 25/26" but no signature date, so no adoption or effective day is stored.
- The Governor's veto message for L.D. 307 said a council would be created by executive order; that veto is a separate record.
- The council's report deadline is a reporting date, not an end date for the order.
Unresolved questions
- The exact signing date was not shown on the official page.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- Related, not a replacement L.D. 307 temporary halt on 20 MW data center approvals (vetoed) (Vetoed)
Sources
https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/official_documents/executive-orders/2026-04-executive-order-5-order-establishing-maine-data-center