Following a series of controversies over billing and collection practices, CMP promises to issue a $25 credit to any customer who receives an inaccurate billing statement.
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CMP restores power to most customers after severe thunderstorms
Crews worked through the night and the day Sunday restoring electricity to all but 250 customers in York County by Sunday evening.
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Severe thunderstorms knock out power in parts of Maine
Central Maine Power reported more than 1,500 people still without electricity in York County as of 9 p.m. Saturday.
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State regulators reject CMP plan for $500,000 virus relief fund for customers
The proposal would have settled a case over the utility issuing misleading winter shutoff warnings to customers with past-due bills.
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Plenty of power this summer, but is Maine looking at higher rates down the road?
Energy demand is down because of the pandemic, but utility bills unpaid by tens of thousands of people left jobless by the pandemic could drive electricity prices upward in some places in coming months
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CMP corridor opponents seek info gathered during alleged police spying
A group has asked Gov. Mills and CMP chairman David Flanagan to release any information that may have been collected about about them by the Maine Information and Analysis Center.
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Unpaid utility bills, lower usage threaten to push rates higher in Maine
It’s too early to tell how much more customers might pay, and when, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and to what degree utility investors could share the burden.
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Jim Fossel: Complex politics behind statewide corridor vote
Democrats and Republicans haven’t clearly split along party lines on a referendum aimed at blocking a western Maine power project.
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Avangrid sues to block November referendum on hydropower line
The power company asked a state court Wednesday to reject plans for a Nov. 3 statewide public vote on the controversial project.
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Maine DEP issues permit for construction of CMP corridor
The environmental permit is one of the last major regulatory hurdles for the $1 billion project.