A record number of comments have been posted on the Maine Public Utilities Commission website, with the vast majority against the project.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Mills throws her support behind CMP’s controversial plan for transmission line
The governor signs on to a deal that would give Maine $258 million in benefits in exchange for a permit to build the 145-mile project to send power from Canada to Massachusetts.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Mills shows new support for CMP transmission line
The governor says she is pleased with the rate subsidies and funding for new energy technology that are being offered.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: CMP scapegoats low-level employee for big-time blunder
The utility abdicates accountability for a billing error affecting 62,000 customers.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
CMP facing a backlog of thousands of faulty bills
As the electric utility generates hundreds of flawed bills daily, customers ask: ‘What the heck is wrong with this company?’
Posted inOpinion
Bill Nemitz: A bright idea as sparks fly around CMP
Change Central Maine Power from a private, for-profit moneymaker into a public, nonprofit authority.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Little inquiry into hydro project’s effect on marine ecosystems
CMP’s hydroelectricity plan powers forth even as scientists warn such efforts can hurt oceans.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
In latest blunder, CMP told 62,000 customers they were getting refunds. They weren’t.
The utility company says the message it sent out in January bills was intended for only 122 industrial energy users.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Central Maine Power CEO: Our response shows that we take state regulators’ concerns to heart
A recent editorial fails to take a close look at reliability data and the extent of the PUC’s oversight.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
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.