The utility is asking the Maine Public Utilities Commission for permission to bill ratepayers $116 million for subsidies paid to solar developers in the net energy billing program that is part of Maine’s effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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1,000 Mainers still without power, days after ice storm
In all, 203,809 CMP customers were left in the dark by storm outages.
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Storm brings snow, ice to central Maine; region mostly spared from power outages
Central Mainers awoke Sunday morning to up to 2 feet of snow in some areas, and an icy mess in others.
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Ice storm that blanketed the coast left tens of thousands of Mainers without power on Sunday
Central Maine Power anticipates it will take until Tuesday evening to restore power to all of its customers.
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After early taste of spring, winter storm brings snow and ice back to central Maine
By mid-afternoon, several inches of snow fell across the region, as forecasters expect the highest snowfall totals from a storm this winter in central Maine.
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As Mainers use more electricity, plans for a new grid ramp up
More heat pumps in homes and businesses and electric vehicles on the road are pushing Maine to figure out how to handle increased electricity demands.
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Proposed $4.3 billion merger of Avangrid, New Mexico utility scuttled
Officials with New Mexico’s largest electric utility say a proposed multibillion-dollar merger with Avangrid, a U.S. subsidiary of global energy giant Iberdrola, has been scuttled.
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Line workers in Augusta helping restore power have gear stolen from trucks
Even as the theft was reported, Mainers came together to feed hundreds of linemen who are away from their homes working on restoring electricity in the aftermath of this week’s storm.
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Benton board agrees to reinstate tax abatement for resident contending with CMP substation noise
The Board of Select Persons this week approved the abatement for Melissa Patterson, who happens to be a member of the board, and there are eight others who are expected to ask the board to also have their abatements reapproved.
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Benton residents affected by buzz from CMP substation protest apparent loss of tax abatement
Nine homeowners who said they for years have put up with the noise from the Central Maine Power Co. substation near Albion Road recently told the Board of Select Persons the abatements they had received were discontinued.