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As energy costs rise, Maine lawmakers consider new plan to ease ratepayers’ pain

A bill under review in the Legislature would pursue a holistic, long-term approach to lowering costs for Maine energy consumers.

The one-time, $90-per-customer credit, to be issued by the end of March, would help offset higher electricity rates.

Opponents are trying to kill the NECEC project for good in 2022, with key legal battles pending over the next few months.

by The Editorial Board February 3, 2022February 2, 2022

Maine’s power utilities have lost the public’s confidence, and so have their regulators at the Maine PUC.

The proposal could emerge as a competing alternative to the push for a statewide consumer-owned utility in Maine to replace CMP and Versant.

The provincial utility said it hopes to resume work, and expressed confidence that NECEC would win its legal challenges.

by Michael Monahan and Tom Kuhn Special to the Press Herald January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

Advancing Maine’s clean-energy goals is best achieved through positive dialogue among stakeholders, not through a radical takeover effort.

Our Power said it will continue its drive to have Mainers vote on consumer-owned power in 2023.

Organizers won’t say yet, but there are signs that signature-gatherers won’t meet Friday’s deadline for the November ballot.

by Staff Report January 11, 2022January 11, 2022

The Public Utilities Commission hasn’t set a date to consider the recommendation and is still receiving information in the case.