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 […]
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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 […]
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Jay to be presented petition to rescind support for CMP project
JAY — A petition is expected to be presented to selectpersons Monday asking them to rescind their support for Central Maine Power’s proposed transmission line. The select board meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Nov. 26 in the cafeteria of the Spruce Mountain Middle School. The proposed New England Clean Energy Connect project would […]
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Maine DEP tells CMP its application for 145-mile power line is incomplete
Central Maine Power Co.’s plan to build a $1 billion, 145-mile transmission line through western Maine is facing another potential delay after the Maine Department of Environmental Protection notified the company this week that its application to build the project is incomplete. The DEP said it cannot move forward with evaluating CMP’s New England Clean […]
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Regulators push CMP corridor decision into March
Regulators deciding whether Central Maine Power will get a key permit needed to build a 145-mile transmission corridor have extended their process into March. The Maine Public Utilities Commission ruled Friday that it expects to extend the time for research, testimony and hearings into January, with a date of March 1 now set to wrap […]