The Liberty Consulting Group of Pennsylvania spent nearly $580,000 to help determine whether Central Maine Power’s new billing system was responsible for the high bills many customers complained about.
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LePage says he was paid to advocate for hydropower corridor
Maine’s former governor says that he was paid by a lobbying firm to advocate for the proposed CMP hydropower corridor.
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Panel endorses bill requiring CMP to renegotiate lease along corridor route
The bill now goes to the full Legislature for consideration.
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Maine Compass: Don’t expect Maine ‘public power’ plan to deliver on its big promises
L.D. 1646 could keep CMP, as the private operator of the publicly owned utility – at higher rates.
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State jolts CMP with $10 million penalty for mishandling billing and customer service
Gov. Janet Mills called for greater accountability from the state’s utilities after the Public Utilities Commission voted to reduce Central Maine Power’s earnings as punishment for the problems with its mismanagement of a new billing system.
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CMP admits poor handling of winter disconnect notices
The embattled electric utility vowed to stop issuing the notices temporarily while insisting that the wording didn’t violate state rules.
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Customers sue CMP over winter disconnect notices, saying they were deceived
The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, alleges that ‘deceptive and misleading’ CMP notices harmed customers.
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Bill Nemitz: Another crisis, another empty promise from CMP
Recent disconnect notices that contradict state law are but the latest example of a utility that’s in the dark.
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Maine’s public advocate decries CMP disconnect notices as ‘scare tactic’
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.
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CMP spends $2.2 million on campaign to boost support for transmission corridor
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.