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Soaring electric bills fuel mounting anger at utilities in Maine and nationwide
Washington Post via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoSACO, Maine - Last December, Ellen McCurley was settling into a calm new life, savoring sunsets from...
Maine weighs electrifying proposal that would give boot to corporate electric utilities
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Taking a page from the “throw-the-bums-out” script in politics, Mainers are...
Storm Updates: Trees and power lines coming down as storm pummels Maine
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCentral Maine Power reports more than 150,617 power outages. Locally: — Androscoggin County: 9,539 outages — Franklin County: 3,139 outages — Oxford County: 6,545 outages I discussed this possibility ...
Maine voters don't like their electric utilities, but they balked at paying billions to buy them out
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPower companies can be publicly or privately owned and may report to corporate boards, local...
Hurricane Lee tracker – update: One dead in Maine after storm landfall leaves thousands without...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 9 months agoStorm Lee made landfall at around 4pm in far western Nova Scotia, with winds whipping at 70mph,...
CMP pursues closed-door settlement in rate hike request
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 1—Central Maine Power Co. lawyers plan to meet Wednesday at the Public Utilities Commission to continue confidential talks aimed at finding a compromise over the company's unpopular request ...
CMP, Maine near settlement over complaint utility overspent on power restoration
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo Finance· 3 weeks agoMay 31—Central Maine Power Co. and the state Office of the Public Advocate have reached a tentative settlement over the state's accusations that Maine's largest utility spent excessively to ...
Thousands of Central Maine Power Company customers lose power during Wednesday night storm
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDec. 1—More than 31,000 Central Maine Power Co. customers were without power Wednesday night as the result of a storm that brought high winds and heavy rain to southern Maine. As of 9 p.m., ...
Maine Supreme Court rules in favor of CMP power line lease
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 29—The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday ruled that Central Maine Power Co. had a valid lease to cross the state's public lands in order to build an electricity transmission line.
CMP bills to rise at least $10 a month; destructive storms blamed
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 week agoJun. 12—Central Maine Power Co. ratepayers can expect monthly bills go up by at least $10 in July after regulators approved a rate increase on Tuesday. The 2024-25 rate hike will cover a $220 ...
