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PublishedApril 6, 2024
Crews continue to knock down power outages
As of Saturday afternoon, Central Maine Power Co. had restored power to more than 270,000 customers.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2024
Maine’s first giant battery project set for construction in Gorham
Goals to reduce the use of fossil fuels won’t be able to get far without help from energy storage.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2023
Versant Power raps wind transmission line, says it adds costs, not benefits, for many customers
The proposed Aroostook Renewable Gateway would connect power from a wind farm to the New England grid, but the project has faced many obstacles as its seeks regulatory approval.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2023
Maine Voices: Aroostook Renewable Gateway will be bad for people and the planet
A project that will connect Aroostook County with the New England power grid overlooks the environmental and ethical implications of replacing trees with blank corridors of metal and wire.
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PublishedApril 7, 2023
Commentary: Maine’s alternative utility market experiment has been a failure
AARP Maine supports the Office of the Public Advocate’s call to repeal the program that allows retail electricity marketers to compete for residential customers.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2023
Maine Voices: We need more grid capacity – and we need it now
Grid-enhancing technologies are already in place and proven in regional transmission systems across the U.S. and Europe. Maine must be next.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2022
PUC rejects proposed $75 power bill credit for low-income Mainers
The Maine Public Utilities Commission said the credit would have shifted costs to other struggling electricity customers.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2022
CMP, Versant both score last in satisfaction survey of utility customers
The national study gave poor marks to Maine's two investor-owned electricity companies, and both responded with explanations why.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2022
North Carolina attack described as ‘wakeup call’ to protect power substations
The governor calls for a thorough assessment of the state's critical infrastructure, and thousands remain without power after a person or persons shot up 2 substations.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2022
Maine’s high court upholds CMP lease of public land key to $1 billion power line
The Supreme Judicial Court finds that Central Maine Power has a valid lease of public land that would be crossed by the New England Clean Energy Connect project.
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