A group that says it represents about 3,500 Central Maine Power customers has issued a letter to state officials demanding a more thorough investigation into customer complaints of inflated CMP electric bills. Calling itself CMP Ratepayers Unite, the group said it sent the letter because of concerns that the Maine Public Utilities Commission’s ongoing fact-finding […]
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PUC won't elevate inquiry into CMP billing problems
The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Monday rebuffed the public advocate’s call for an elevated investigation into hundreds of inexplicably high Central Maine Power Co. bills. The PUC said it will continue its deliberative examination process and not elevate the case at this time. “The commission’s summary investigation of CMP will be thorough and comprehensive,” […]
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CMP says internal audit offers no explanation for high bills
Central Maine Power Co. say an internal audit triggered by more than 1,500 customer complaints has so far found no problem with the company’s systems that can explain abnormally high electric bills. The company has reviewed about 25 percent of the 1,580 complaints of excessively high bills it received this winter, said President and CEO […]
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CMP customers disputing high bills must pay a portion of them
Central Maine Power residential customers who are disputing high winter electric bills will have to pay at least a portion of what’s due, following action Wednesday at the Maine Public Utilities Commission. Maine’s Office of the Public Advocate had requested that CMP be barred from disconnecting home customers while the PUC conducts an investigation into […]
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Prospects improve for CMP’s $950 million Western Maine power line plan
The proposal to build a $950 million power line through western Maine received a major boost on Monday, when a decision by a regulatory board in New Hampshire mortally wounded the project’s competitor. Action by the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee to delay its final decision on the Northern Pass transmission line likely will make […]
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'No' to wind power projects
The rejection of Northern Pass by New Hampshire regulators puts CMP’s “clean energy connect” back on the front burner. Even though CMP has stated publicly that their 145-mile direct current line from Coburn Gore to Lewiston has nothing to do with wind power, it stretches credulity to not see a direct connection between Nextera’s 133-turbine […]
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PUC will review complaints from CMP customers whose electric bills spiked past few months.
Maine utility regulators decided Tuesday to start a preliminary, fact-finding review of what is behind an apparent spike in electric bills for some Central Maine Power customers. Staff from the Public Utilities Commission will pull together data that includes electric meter performance, billing system accuracy and CMP’s response to customers, the commissioners decided during deliberations. […]
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Power out across Lewiston on Saturday and Sunday caused by a failed substation
LEWISTON — A spokeswoman for Central Maine Power Co. said Sunday night that power outages in Lewiston on Saturday and Sunday were caused by a failed substation. Thousands of CMP customers were without power Saturday afternoon, according to the spokeswoman, and more than 4,500 were in the dark Sunday evening. Power was out on Lisbon […]
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If bid is approved, CMP to invest millions in Lewiston converter station
LEWISTON — A Central Maine Power official on Tuesday said he felt good about the chances of Massachusetts choosing its bid in January for a massive hydropower project that would trigger a $250 million investment in Lewiston. Joel Harrington, who works in government relations for CMP, said of the 46 projects submitted after Massachusetts put […]
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Thousands lose power in Lewiston
LEWISTON — A late-morning problem at a substation on Mill Street in Lewiston caused about 3,000 customers — and at least a dozen streetlights — to lose power Saturday in the downtown area. Power was restored after about two hours. According to Central Maine Power’s website, no customers in Lewiston were without power as of […]