The average regular gasoline price in Maine was unchanged Sunday from a week earlier at a record high of $4.26 per gallon.
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As energy prices surge, Maine lawmakers propose new relief bills
Democrats unveiled proposals Wednesday aimed at easing the effects that are hitting now and planning for future price spikes.
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Ukraine crisis sends fossil fuel prices soaring in Maine
Gasoline prices are approaching a record high, and heating oil already has surpassed the previous record.
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U.S. gasoline prices rise again as support grows for banning Russian oil
Top congressional officials reached agreement Monday on legislation that would ban Russian oil imports to the U.S. and end Russia’s permanent normal trade relation status.
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Con Edison proposes new power transmission line from Aroostook County
A subsidiary of energy delivery giant Consolidated Edison Inc. is seeking to connect planned energy projects in northern Maine to New England’s electrical grid.
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Germany suspends Nord Stream 2, an important Russian gas pipeline
Chancellor Olaf Scholz says the move was necessary to send a message that Moscow’s actions ‘won’t remain without consequences.’
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In a cold winter, Maine household budgets buckle under growing energy burden
Skyrocketing prices for electricity, heating oil and gasoline are hitting Mainers especially hard when the mercury falls.
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State utility regulators order investigation into CMP’s management
The PUC will look into how CMP parent Avangrid’s desire for profit might have affected operations in Maine, but it also will discontinue a financial penalty imposed on the utility.
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Regulators approve $90 electric bill credit for low-income Mainers
The one-time credit is expected to be applied automatically to about 90,000 customers’ accounts by March 30.
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NECEC lays out legal argument against power line ban in newly filed legal briefs
The developers of the 145-mile transmission line are appealing a lower court’s ruling to the state supreme court, saying it is unconstitutionally retroactive.