Maine’s Supreme Court is set to rule any day now on an appeal of the referendum that passed last year…
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Central Maine Power provides electricity about 80% of residential customers in Maine, including my house. Factors that influence electricity consumption include the size of…
On February 2, Gov. Janet Mills unveiled draft legislation intended to reform oversight of Maine’s private utility companies. Included in…
Though the legislature failed to override Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of a bill that would have created a consumer-owned utility…
The big picture of this rate increase and the surrounding conversation is simple: it is the fault of federal regulators, not CMP. Outside competitors are funding ads that are aimed to hurt CMP and blame them for something completely out of their control.
A recent report by London Economics International (LEI), a Boston-based financial advisory firm specializing in energy market analysis, commissioned by…
During the First Session of the 129th Legislature, Rep. Seth Berry introduced LD 1646, a bill that would create a consumer-owned…
Governor Paul R. LePage has called attention to the precarious future of many of the state’s small hydropower resources due…
Bad decision-making in energy policy is expensive. These bad decisions show up on your electric bill, and they’ve been holding…
I requested (actually, I begged) to serve on Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, because I know that every single household…
Anyone remotely familiar with Maine’s economy knows it’s at a crossroads. Between 2004 and 2014, its cumulative economic growth ranks…