electric utilities

• Published

  June 18, 2023
  

  Maine power companies are spending millions to defeat a vote to dethrone them

  This fall, Mainers could cut ties with their utilities. The companies are buying influence to try to stay in power.

• Published

  May 4, 2023
  

  Mainers will decide whether to replace CMP, Versant with a nonprofit utility

  After a 2-hour public hearing on Thursday, a legislative committee sent the referendum question to voters in November.

• Published

  March 31, 2023
  

  Secretary of state OK’s wording for ballot question that could block public utility

  If successful, voter approval would be required for a consumer-owned utility, such as one being proposed on the same November ballot, to take on more than $1 billion in debt.

• Published

  March 26, 2023
  

  War over CMP corridor enters new phase – a jury trial

  A lawsuit involving more than 2 million pages of evidence will confront jurors, who must decide whether Central Maine Power's parent has vested rights in the project Mainers voted to kill in 2021.