A recent editorial fails to take a close look at reliability data and the extent of the PUC’s oversight.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
CMP sweetens its offer for approval of transmission corridor, to $258 million
In confidential documents, the power company and its partners offer incentives over 40 years if regulators approve the 145-mile project through western Maine.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Regulators threaten CMP with sanctions for failing to fix customer service problems
In a scathing letter, the Public Utilities Commission said the power company has not met performance standards laid out last year.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
CMP to negotiate benefits of $1 billion transmission line for Maine customers
The company will meet with PUC staff and affected parties about securing more benefits for Maine customers and communities in exchange for the project to bring Quebec hydropower to Massachusetts.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: CMP has issues, but bill to make it a public company goes too far
Forcing a private corporation to sell its assets through eminent domain is ill-advised.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Critics call for replacing CMP, Emera Maine with a ‘consumer-owned utility’
The bill, which will be considered by the Legislature, would use low-interest revenue bonds to buy the transmission and distribution assets of Maine’s two largest for-profit utilities.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Editorial offers incomplete picture of Maine PUC’s oversight efforts
What the panel does to hold utilities accountable is not acknowledged, and the CMP outage data cited are flawed.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Regulators consider extending window for CMP bill disputes
The Public Utilities Commission also is coming under fire for its handling of some complaints.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Join the effort to support renewable energy development
Call your lawmakers and encourage a ‘yes’ vote on L.D. 91 to make gross metering explicitly illegal.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: CMP power line won’t help the environment, and certainly not Mainers
It boils down to this: Massachusetts needed a new power source, but it didn’t want an unsightly transmission line in its backyard.