Updated: $14 Million Class Action Settlement Involving Retail Supplier Approved
A federal court has approved a class action settlement in litigation against Electricity Maine concerning alleged pricing claims, WGME reports
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Settlement In Lawsuit Against Retail Supplier Nears Approval; PUC Case Continues
The Portland (ME) Press-Herald reports that a federal court on October 14 is to consider approval of a pending $14 million settlement in a class ac...
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Maine PUC To Evaluate Uncollectibles, Other Impacts From COVID-19
The Maine Public Utilities Commission announced today that it will seek input on and begin to analyze in detail how the pandemic will impact utilit...
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Maine PUC Votes Against Stipulations Regarding Sale Of Emera Maine To ENMAX
The Maine PUC has voted to reject a slate of stipulations concerning the proposed sale of Emera Maine to ENMAX, WABI-5 reports
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Report: Mainers On Competitive Retail Supply Spent $132 Million More Than SOS Over 7 Years
The Bangor Daily News published results from a report from the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting/Pine Tree Watch which says that from 2012-20...
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Lawmakers Question If Central Maine Power Is Fit To Run A Utility Company
The Bangor Daily News reports on Maine lawmakers grilling Central Maine Power over whether it is fit to operate the utility
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Report: Retail Electricity Suppliers Struggle To Compete With Standard Offer Rate
In a report on Maine's retail electric market, WGME-13 reports that, "right now there’s no competitive supplier in the state that has a lower rate for...
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PUC Adopts Final Rule Requiring Utilities To Provide Customers With 10-Year History Of SOS Rates
As directed by recently adopted legislation (L.D. 1003), the Maine PUC issued a final rule to require electric investor-owned transmission and distrib...
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Bill Would End Residential Retail Electric Choice, Require Customers To Take Default Service
The Maine Office of Public Advocate is pushing a bill that would end residential retail electric choice in the state, and require all residential cust...
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Report: Electricity Maine Lawsuit On Hiatus As Parties Hold Settlement Talks
The Bangor Daily News reports that parties have moved to stay a procedural schedule in a putative class action suit filed against Electricity Maine ov...
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Maine PUC Approves Long-Term Wind Power Contract
The Maine Public Utilities Commission approved a 20-year contract for a 72.6 MW wind power project in Hancock County Maine.
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Maine Gov. Signs Bill Requiring PUC To Study Creation Of Public Power Entity To Acquire IOUs' T&D
Maine Gov. Janet Mills has signed LD 1844, which requires the PUC to study the creation of a "customer-owned" state power authority power en...
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Maine Gov. Signs RPS Changes, Requirement For Utilities To Procure Long-Term Contracts
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed LD 1494 which revises the state's RPS and requires utilities to enter into long-term contracts for renewable energy
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Report: CMP Misled Public, Mismanaged Rollout Of Billing System; Tack Differs From ScottishPower
The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram published an in-depth review (via centralmaine.com) of the trouble-plagued rollout of a new billing/CI...
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Maine Lawmaker Wants To Have State Authority Assume Ownership Of Utility T&D Assets
Maine State Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, co-chair of the Legislature’s energy committee, is sponsoring a bill that would create a "customer-owned" s...
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