The sharp increase likely foreshadows a similar change in the supply rate for Central Maine Power customers in 2022, to be determined Wednesday.
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Our View: We don’t have to put up with high heating bills
Household aid and energy efficiency can help right away, but long-term investments in clean energy are necessary to lower costs.
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Electricity prices will squeeze Mainers’ budgets next year
But state and federal agencies say they are already lining up aid to offset an expected jump in January.
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Mainers face double-digit shock in 2022 electricity supply rates
Experts say the expected increase is primarily a result of rising prices for natural gas. Maine’s solar policies also could increase rates in the coming years.
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Environmental group calls on state regulator to halt construction of power corridor
The Natural Resources Council of Maine wants state officials to order the work to be halted in light of Tuesday’s referendum vote opposing the project.
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Avangrid files lawsuit, vows to continue power line project despite voters’ rejection
The company filed a lawsuit in Maine Superior Court challenging the constitutionality of a voter-approved measure to ban the project.
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Topsham residents to learn about energy conservation options
The town’s energy committee will be organizing a series of webinars on energy conservation, renewable energy options and beneficial electrification.
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Question 1 Q&A: Win or lose, power line fight will continue
No matter how the vote goes, a war over competing visions for Maine’s energy future could drag on well into 2022 or beyond.
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Seabrook plant dispute over NECEC power line could hinder clean-energy effort, Massachusetts says
The federal-level fight represents yet another obstacle for the western Maine transmission line roughly a week before Maine voters will weigh in on a ballot question aimed at killing the project.
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Should permit for NECEC power line be revoked? Maine regulator hears arguments
The hearing comes two months after a judge ruled that Maine failed to follow proper procedures when it granted the developer a lease to cross two parcels of public land.