With customers continuing to report what they consider to be excessively high electric bills, the Office of the Public Advocate asked Maine regulators to conduct further tests of problematic Central Maine Power accounts. Read More
The PUC would need to complete the study by Feb. 15, 2020, and deliver it to the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee. Read More
Gov. Janet Mills has vetoed two bills aimed at creating obstacles for Central Maine Power's proposed 145-mile transmission project. Read More
Issues to be discussed include service quality and customer-service problems, including CMP call-center performance and billing problems involving billing delays and how information is presented on bills. Read More
The Bangor Daily News analyzed the money at stake to see who would benefit and who would lose if the line is completed, and what’s in it for the people of Maine. Read More
To some people it seems that everything is here for us to use. Nothing is sacred or safe from our all consuming “needs.” Read More
A company official said one hiring estimate in circulation represents jobs during construction of the project, while a lower number is the jobs that will remain after it's built. Read More
The narrow vote was a rebuke to Gov. Janet Mills, a high-profile backer of the project who has been lobbying fellow Democrats on the issue. Read More
Public ownership of utilities is increasingly being turned to as a viable option as power companies across the country struggle to keep electricity rates competitive, to weather disasters and to stay in business. Read More
Criticisms of rates, bills, customer service and renewable energy policies are behind Maine legislators’ proposal to create the Maine Power Delivery Authority. Read More
Nebraska’s history of publicly owned power systems dates back almost to the start of commercial electricity distribution in 1882. Read More
The Democratic governor is likely close to nomination someone to a plum job on the Maine Public Utilities Commission, a move that will likely strike a careful balance on energy policy. Read More
A vote on Tuesday in the Maine House of Representatives will provide a preview of other legislative efforts to sink the controversial hydropower project. Read More
Maine firefighters sound alarm about proposed CMP transmission line after deadly California wildfire
The deadliest and most destructive fire in California history was caused by electrical transmission lines, according to an announcement this week by investigators. Read More
The contracts that would govern power sold over the completed transmission line “undermine the original intent and purpose” of the project to bring new amounts of clean, renewable power into New England, the Massachusetts attorney general and environmental groups said. Hydro-Quebec, which would sell electricity over the line, called the idea “illogical.” Read More
Central Maine Power’s top executive on Tuesday released a statement against creating a consumer-owned power company just as the Legislature’s energy committee launched into a hearing on the topic. Read More
We are convinced that Central Maine Power's transmission line project will bring many important and lasting benefits to all present and future residents of Maine. Read More
The two bills intend to improve customer billing practices and public oversight of Central Maine Power and Emera Maine. Read More
