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Maine public utilities commission

Published
December 12, 2018

Large Maine solar producers win exemption from costly meter installations

Regulators saw little benefit to ratepayers from a requirement that companies with large solar arrays pay to have expensive meters installed.
Published
December 4, 2018

Default electricity rates in northern, eastern Maine to spike nearly 16%

Regulators approved a new standard offer that increases the residential rate from 7.22 cents per kilowatt-hour to 8.37 cents for people who don't choose their own power supplier.
Published
December 4, 2018

Regulators may make shareholders absorb cost of CMP billing delays

The utility failed to charge about 3,400 new customers for months, citing lack of staff and inability to keep up with new accounts.
Published
November 2, 2018

Regulators say they won’t decide on CMP’s $1 billion power line until March

The Maine Public Utilities Commission extends the process for deciding whether to award a permit needed for the 145-mile transmission project to move forward.
Published
September 18, 2018

Regulators find CMP, Emera responded ‘reasonably’ to intense October windstorm

The PUC rules the utilities took proper actions based on the weather forecasts, but need to improve how they keep customers informed about outages and efforts to restore power.

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Published
September 13, 2018

PUC delays next week’s hearings on CMP’s proposed transmission line project

The complexity, heavy interest and other issues force postponement of the sessions for at least six more weeks.
Published
July 31, 2018

Despite subsidy, two wood-fired power plants offline for months

That's bad for the forest products industry and jobs as Maine's biomass power sector continues its struggle to become profitable.
Published
July 18, 2018

Regulators open new probe into complaint that CMP has been gouging customers

A group of customers alleges that Central Maine Power's rates exceed the PUC's limit for return on equity.
Published
April 29, 2018

Our View: Maine PUC should not sink ocean wind project

Saving customers a few cents would not be worth further damaging the state's credibility as a business partner.
Published
April 11, 2018

Results of third-party audit of CMP bills may not come until end of year

The state's request for proposals lays out a lengthy timeline that could further erode public confidence in a utility already taking heat over unusually high charges.