LEWISTON — Parts of the downtown went dark Thursday after an underground circuit blew at about 3:30 p.m. Among the buildings that lost power were the U.S. Post Office, the Public Library and the Sun Journal. Central Maine Power officials said the outage affected a small area encompassing Ash, Park and Pine streets and surrounding areas. […]
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Somerset County commissioners maintain support for CMP project
SKOWHEGAN — Somerset County commissioners Wednesday voted against rescinding support for a proposed 145-mile transmission line from Quebec to Lewiston and on to Massachusetts, drawing criticism from a small group of opponents gathered at the Somerset County Superior Courthouse. The controversial New England Clean Energy Connect project from Central Maine Power would run through central […]
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Electricity supply rates to rise about 14 percent
Most home and small-business electric customers in southern and central Maine will see the cost of their power supply go up roughly 14 percent on Jan. 1, after the Maine Public Utilities Commission on Monday approved a new standard offer rates for 2019. Rates will rise from 7.9 cents per kilowatt hour to 9 cents. […]
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CMP power line supporters make their case to Somerset County commissioners
SKOWHEGAN — Central Maine Power rolled out the big guns Wednesday for Somerset County commissioners, who heard support for the company’s proposed 145-mile power line through Maine connecting hydropower from Quebec to Massachusetts. From Peter Vigue, president of Cianbro Corp., to outdoor recreation business owners and a local selectman who read a letter from Maine […]
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CMP exec says ratepayers won’t pay for unbilled accounts
A senior executive at Central Maine Power told state regulators that the company won’t ask to have ratepayers cover the costs of providing electricity to thousands of new customers who weren’t billed for their service. The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram reported Sunday that about 3,400 new electric customers weren’t billed for months because of […]
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Maine PUC may make shareholders absorb cost of CMP billing delays
Maine’s utility regulators won’t allow Central Maine Power Co. to shift the cost for unbilled electricity to ratepayers if the company didn’t act prudently, a top Public Utilities Commission official said Monday. The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram reported that about 3,400 new CMP customers did not get bills for months because the company was […]
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Regulators consider controversial CMP billing practice in next year’s rates
Maine’s utility regulators won’t allow Central Maine Power Co. to shift the cost for unbilled electricity to ratepayers if the company didn’t act prudently, a top Public Utilities Commission official said Monday. The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram reported that about 3,400 new CMP customers did not get bills for months because the company was […]
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CMP billing practice could cost customers
Roughly 3,400 new Central Maine Power customers who have been drawing electricity for months have not received bills and are being charged for only a fraction of what they actually used, an action that means other CMP customers may have to make up the lost revenue. The company has decided to bill for only 30 […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Linemen work on Lewiston Loop Project
Central Maine Power personnel work on the Adams Street utility lines Friday afternoon as part of the Lewiston Loop Project, designed to improve reliability and expand electrical capacity in the area. (Andree Kehn/Sun journal)
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Jay board continues backing clean energy project
JAY — Selectpersons voted 4-1 Monday to continue to support Central Maine Power Co.’s proposed electricity transmission corridor from Quebec through Maine to Massachusetts. The move denied petitions to stop the corridor presented to the board by resident Susan Theberge. The petitions have a total of 405 signatures of Jay residents. Of that number, 262 were collected […]