AUGUSTA — Traffic on Interstate 95 in Auburn will be disrupted from 10 p.m. Sunday, June 1, to 5 a.m. Monday, June 2, while contractors for Central Maine Power perform maintenance on transmission lines over the highway. The work will require disruption of traffic in both directions for 15 minutes between those hours. CMP has […]
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State’s top court rules CMP kept $2.6M too much in customer deposit money
PORTLAND — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Tuesday that Central Maine Power Co. kept $2.6 million more in deposit payments than it should have, a move state regulators say threatened to inflate customers’ rates. In a ruling written by Chief Justice Leigh Saufley, the state’s highest court affirmed a decision by the Maine […]
Maine PUC says smart meters not a health risk
PORTLAND (AP) — Utilities regulators have concluded that Central Maine Power Co.’s wireless electric meters pose no health threat. The Maine Public Utilities Commission’s report studying the health issues surrounding so-called smart meters was posted on the agency’s website this week. It said the scientific evidence it reviewed on the issue is inconclusive and it […]
Police warn of CMP scam in Oxford Hills
OXFORD — A telephone scam targeting businesses has been circulating in the Oxford Hills the past two days and police are warning people not to give out personal information to a caller claiming to represent Central Maine Power. According to Oxford police Lt. Michael Ward, a man, whose phone number has a 207 area code, has […]
Maine customers that produce their own energy balk at new CMP fee
BRUNSWICK — Opponents of a new fee proposed by Central Maine Power to charge customers who generate their own alternative energy say the fee would make those efforts unsustainable. But CMP says the fee is necessary to ensure all customers — residential, business and other entities — pay their fair share of what it costs […]
CMP wants customers who generate power to pay more
PORTLAND (AP) — Utility Central Maine Power Co. wants customers who generate some of their own electricity from renewable sources to pay higher monthly service charges, an idea being resisted by renewable energy advocates. CMP said its plan would help cover the overall cost of service while keeping such customers on the grid even if […]
CMP line work to interrupt I-95 traffic at night
FARMINGDALE — Traffic will be periodically stopped on part of Interstate 95 over the next few nights so Central Maine Power can install new transmission lines across the highway in Farmingdale. The utility says the work will take place between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. starting Monday and continuing through Thursday. The project will affect […]
Standard offer electricity prices to rise for CMP customers
HALLOWELL — Residential customers of Central Maine Power Co. should expect to see an increase in their electricity bill come March. The new standard offer price for CMP’s residential and small business customers, which are set to go into effect on March 1, will be 7.6 cents per kilowatt-hour, a 10.8 percent increase from last […]
Livermore Falls residents discuss TIF at hearing
LIVERMORE FALLS — More than 20 residents attended a public hearing on a tax-increment financing application Tuesday connected to a $14 million upgrade at Central Maine Power’s substation on Moose Hill Road. A TIF opens a lot of doors for small and larger businesses and could encourage those business owners to invest more money into […]
Utilities won’t know price tag of ice damage for several weeks
BANGOR — Officials with Maine’s electric utilities say it likely will be two weeks to a month before they get an accurate estimate of the costs associated with the year-end ice storm. The storm knocked out power to tens of thousands of Mainers, and Emera Maine, formerly Bangor Hydro Electric Co., and Central Maine Power, […]