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Thousands in Freeport area lose power Tuesday afternoon

by Peter McGuire January 21, 2020January 22, 2020

More than 3,000 Central Maine Power Co. customers were affected by the roughly three-hour outage.

Business, Local & State, News, Times Record

Maine’s public advocate decries CMP disconnect notices as ‘scare tactic’

by Penelope Overton January 18, 2020January 19, 2020

Central Maine Power says it is allowed to send the notices to customers with past-due bills, even though it can’t shut off their power in the winter without permission from the Public Utilities Commission.

Business, Local & State, News, Times Record

CMP spends $2.2 million on campaign to boost support for transmission corridor

by Edward D. Murphy January 16, 2020January 16, 2020

Central Maine Power Co. spent money in the fall on television and social media ads, political consultants, polling and opposition research, according to a campaign finance report filed Wednesday.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Maine Compass: Let voters decide on the future of CMP, Emera Maine

by Gordon L. Weil January 15, 2020January 15, 2020

A referendum is a way to act on a proposal to create a public utility while reducing the ability of investor-owned ones to kill it.

Business, Local & State

CMP customers stunned by PUC staff’s findings

by Penelope Overton January 12, 2020January 11, 2020

A report concluding that the electric utility’s systems were not at fault for extremely high bills has left many of them reeling.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Maine Compass: Public power proposal offers opportunity to match, top MEMIC’s success

by Dick Woodbury January 8, 2020January 7, 2020

Electricity distribution is the ideal industry to replicate the model of a customer-owned, privately run company.

Business, Local & State, News, Times Record

Following 12-month inquiry, decision time approaches in CMP billing probe

by Tux Turkel January 6, 2020January 5, 2020

Staff of the Public Utilities Commission will make a recommendation to commissioners Thursday on how much blame, if any, there is to lay at the feet of Central Maine Power for its billing problems.

Business, Local & State, New England

Avangrid betting big on renewable energy

by Steve Collins January 4, 2020January 4, 2020

In addition to its controversial transmission line project in Maine, the firm is pushing two big wind farms off the coast of Nantucket Island to furnish green power to New England.