A third-party audit answered some questions, but many customers remain unsatisfied. Regulators will decide this week what to do next.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Hydro-Quebec offers misleading claims about power’s climate impact
We can’t trust the utility’s publicists to represent correctly their own carbon emissions.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Data show Maine had most frequent, longest power outages
The state’s electricity customers went through an average of three service interruptions in 2017, lasting more than 40 hours on average.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Hydroelectric dams produce green energy? Think again
Building such dams in Maine would violate federal and state environmental laws, for good reason.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Audit shows CMP billing and metering systems didn’t cause skyrocketing bills
However, Liberty Consulting Group concludes in the report to regulators that the company made the situation worse with a poor response to the thousands of complaints.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Editorial lacked insight on CMP’s power line proposal
Good energy policy analysis should look at all the options.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Southern Maine electricity customers can expect $6 monthly increase come Jan. 1
Reflecting regional trends, the supply side of home electricity bills will rise 14 percent, from 7.9 cents per kilowatt hour to a 10-year high of 9 cents.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Hydro-Quebec answers key climate question
The company is wasting enough energy to fill a contract with Massachusetts.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
CMP-area customers to learn 2019 electricity price Monday
The standard offer is the price set by the supplier for about 80 percent of customers.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Canadian hydropower supplier says it has plenty of capacity for New England
Hydro-Quebec says it’s bringing 13 more hydroelectric plants online and has untapped potential for others, but opponents of the 145-mile transmission line through Maine say that’s no guarantee more clean energy will be generated.