Gov. Janet Mills says Sanborn, a small-business owner and lawyer, understands the challenges ratepayers face as the cost of electricity rises.
Stephen Singer
Stephen Singer writes about energy and utilities for the Press Herald. He began covering the arcane beat in 1999-2000 as a statehouse reporter for The Associated Press in Charleston, W.Va., as the Legislature -- with many others in the U.S. -- set about the task of deregulating energy. Singer picked up the beat for the AP in Hartford, Conn., expanding his reporting to cover the six New England states. A newcomer to Maine, he prefers blueberries to lobster.
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Despite troubles, one electric bus to rejoin Winthrop Public Schools fleet
A divided Winthrop Public School board voted 3-2 Wednesday to return one electric school bus to regular service starting Monday, following evaluations of the problematic buses.
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WGME workers walk picket line to protest salaries, pace of contract talks
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1837 cited the rising cost of living in Portland, including housing and ‘everyday expenses.’
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100,000 Maine households struggle with rising electricity bills – and costs keep going up
The Electric Ratepayer Advisory Council urged state lawmakers to expand assistance to provide greater benefits to more low-income households to relieve an ‘affordability gap.’
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Nuclear power is making a comeback in the U.S. But not in Maine.
The cost to build a plant and lengthy regulatory reviews are cited as reasons why Maine is not joining other states looking to revive nuclear energy.
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Maine regulators back plan to preserve the 207 area code ‘perhaps indefinitely’
‘We can potentially extend the 207 area code well into the future, perhaps indefinitely,’ PUC Chair Philip Bartlett said.
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Maine sues energy companies, saying they failed to warn about climate change
Attorney General Aaron Frey said he intends to hold the companies accountable for concealing knowledge about the consequences of fossil fuels.
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Solar worker in Hancock County died from heart disease, not electrocution
Edwin Kendall Jones, 52, was initially believed to be the first solar farm worker in Maine killed by an electric shock.
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Judge dismisses lobstermen’s challenge to law requiring tracking devices on boats
U.S. District Judge John Woodcock cited jurisdictional problems with the case, but he encouraged the lobstermen to appeal the decision because it raises ‘significant Fourth Amendment issues’ over unreasonable searches and seizures.
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CMP forced to pay public utility advocates in first use of new law
Our Power will receive over $45,000 to cover fees it incurred while trying to block an ownership change involving CMP’s parent company.