The utility is asking the Maine Public Utilities Commission for permission to bill ratepayers $116 million for subsidies paid to solar developers in the net energy billing program that is part of Maine’s effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Posted inMaine, News
1,000 Mainers still without power, days after ice storm
In all, 203,809 CMP customers were left in the dark by storm outages.
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Posted inMaine
Ice storm that blanketed the coast left tens of thousands of Mainers without power on Sunday
Central Maine Power anticipates it will take until Tuesday evening to restore power to all of its customers.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
As Mainers use more electricity, plans for a new grid ramp up
More heat pumps in homes and businesses and electric vehicles on the road are pushing Maine to figure out how to handle increased electricity demands.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Proposed $4.3 billion merger of Avangrid, New Mexico utility scuttled
Officials with New Mexico’s largest electric utility say a proposed multibillion-dollar merger with Avangrid, a U.S. subsidiary of global energy giant Iberdrola, has been scuttled.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Line workers in Augusta helping restore power have gear stolen from trucks
Even as the theft was reported, Mainers came together to feed hundreds of linemen who are away from their homes working on restoring electricity in the aftermath of this week’s storm.
Posted inTimes Record
Storm wipes out power across Midcoast, shuttering schools and blocking roads
Brunswick and SAD 75 district schools dismissed early Monday due to storm damage and downed power lines.
Posted inMaine, Uncategorized
Benton residents affected by buzz from CMP substation protest apparent loss of tax abatement
Nine homeowners who said they for years have put up with the noise from the Central Maine Power Co. substation near Albion Road recently told the Board of Select Persons the abatements they had received were discontinued.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Central Maine Power CEO says victory over public power proposal ‘validated’ the utility’s work
Joseph Purington did, however acknowledge that the utility still has work to do to improve customer relations.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Rejection of Pine Tree Power opens the door to reform
With greater regulatory muscle, Maine can check off some of the boxes that dominated the public power campaign.