Janet Mills

August 3, 2026

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Governor Janet Mills vetoed a statewide moratorium earlier this year.

May 4, 2026

Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a moratorium to preserve a $550 million project in Jay; Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez have proposed a federal moratorium; Pew found half of Democrats call data centers "mostly bad" for the environment.

May 3, 2026

Maine's House voted 82-62 to advance a moratorium on AI datacenters above 20 MW until November 2027 (Governor Mills vetoed an earlier version, which legislators failed to override).

May 1, 2026

Maine's LD 307 would have paused facilities over 20 MW through November 2027 before Governor Mills vetoed it, though a study process is moving forward by executive action.

April 20, 2026

Maine's 18-month moratorium on AI data centers above 20 MW awaits Gov. Mills's signature, New Jersey's S680 would impose hourly clean-power matching if a PJM majority adopts the same rule, and Nassau County, Florida votes on a 12-month moratorium May 11 and June 8.

April 19, 2026

Maine's legislature passed the nation's first statewide moratorium on large data centers, sending a yearlong freeze to Gov. Janet Mills.

April 18, 2026

Maine's legislature passed an 18-month moratorium on data centers above 20 MW on April 14, with Governor Janet Mills holding signature or veto until April 29.

April 17, 2026

Governor Janet Mills has not committed to signing.

April 16, 2026

Gov. Janet Mills has not yet signaled whether she will sign.

April 4, 2026

Maine's LD 307, backed by Governor Janet Mills, would freeze projects of 20 MW or more until November 2027 while regulators study cumulative grid effects.