The sharp increase likely foreshadows a similar change in the supply rate for Central Maine Power customers in 2022, to be determined Wednesday.
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Electricity prices will squeeze Mainers’ budgets next year
But state and federal agencies say they are already lining up aid to offset an expected jump in January.
Mainers face double-digit shock in 2022 electricity supply rates
Experts say the expected increase is primarily a result of rising prices for natural gas. Maine’s solar policies also could increase rates in the coming years.
Environmental group calls on state regulator to halt construction of power corridor
The Natural Resources Council of Maine wants state officials to order the work to be halted in light of Tuesday’s referendum vote opposing the project.
Avangrid files lawsuit, vows to continue power line project despite voters’ rejection
The company filed a lawsuit in Maine Superior Court challenging the constitutionality of a voter-approved measure to ban the project.
Question 1 Q&A: Win or lose, power line fight will continue
No matter how the vote goes, a war over competing visions for Maine’s energy future could drag on well into 2022 or beyond.
Seabrook plant dispute over NECEC power line could hinder clean-energy effort, Massachusetts says
The federal-level fight represents yet another obstacle for the western Maine transmission line roughly a week before Maine voters will weigh in on a ballot question aimed at killing the project.
Should permit for NECEC power line be revoked? Maine regulator hears arguments
The hearing comes two months after a judge ruled that Maine failed to follow proper procedures when it granted the developer a lease to cross two parcels of public land.
Here’s what you need to know about Question 1
CMP’s $1 billion project has been painted both as a clean-energy link and as a scar across the Maine landscape, and some ads have made it seem to be about something other than a power transmission line.
One crucial mile creates wide gap for power line project
The New England Clean Energy Connect project’s future could hinge on whether it can cross over a short section of public land.