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CMP

Published
June 23, 2019

Timeline of a troubled launch: New billing system prompts multiple probes, lawsuit

The seeds of Central Maine Power's crisis were planted nine years ago.
Published
June 23, 2019

Our View: Latest fiasco feeds doubts about CMP

Who comes first, stockholders or customers? The flawed rollout of a new billing system fuels legitimate questions about accountability.
Published
June 23, 2019

CMP misled the public, mismanaged rollout of new billing system

A Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram investigation reveals that layers of Central Maine Power management misjudged the enormity of changing over to a new billing system, leaving thousands of angry and frustrated customers.
Published
June 19, 2019

Somerset County residents ask commissioners to vote again on CMP corridor support

The chair of the Somerset County commissioners and Commissioner Lloyd Trafton deny a conflict of interest and take no action on residents' request for a new vote.
Published
June 14, 2019

Somerset commissioner resigns from nonprofit board over conflict concerns

Commissioner Lloyd Trafton sits on the board of Western Mountains & Rivers Corp., which stands to benefit from a controversial transmission line project.

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Published
June 4, 2019

Bill to require greenhouse gas study of CMP project falters in House

The bill was sought by skeptics of Central Maine Power's claims that the 145-mile transmission line from Quebec will dramatically reduce emissions of climate-warming gases.
Published
June 3, 2019

Identical mailers touting power line project offer wildly different job estimates

Critics say the power company's advertising in favor of its $1 billion project are misleading, but both versions are both confusing and correct.
Published
May 14, 2019

Power companies and their critics clash over proposal for consumer-owned utility

Recent frustrations with CMP sparked a legislative proposal to form a public power authority in Maine.
Published
May 8, 2019

CMP says it won’t use herbicides in proposed new power line corridor

But some opponents of the New England Clean Energy Connect project say the promise doesn't touch other environmental concerns in the 53 miles of new transmission line corridor from Beattie Township through The Forks.
Published
May 5, 2019

CMP power line challenges way of life in off-the-grid Somerset County

For a handful of year-round residents and camp owners in the unorganized territory, a proposed corridor brings concerns and questions at the heart of why they live there.