The Maine Public Utilities Commission announced the plan last week. "These grid plans will assist in the cost-effective transition to a clean, affordable and reliable electric grid," said Philip ...

Voters could turn two private utilities into public goods ... It’s easy for outsiders to forget about Maine, off by itself in the corner of the map. But it’s one of our most politically ...

Maine’s electricity is provided by two investor-owned utilities, Central Maine Power (CMP) and Versant Power. The push for a public utility was fueled by frustration with those two utilities ...

A group that wants to prevent the creation of a publicly-owned power company in Maine has submitted signatures ... that could require consumer-owned utilities to receive voter approval before ...

Mainers have decisively ended debate over replacing investor-owned utilities ... Council of Maine, the Maine State Nurses Association, which said reliable electricity is linked to public health ...

Seth Berry introduced a bill to create a public power authority for Maine. He said the change would make energy more affordable. But he also said that investor-owned utilities like CMP and Versant ...

But there was one problem: The United States has so many electric utilities, each with their own website and map, that he had to ... giving the public, media and businesses the tools to quickly ...

PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - Maine’s Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to open an investigation into Electricity Maine. Since the Commission approved standard offer bids for electrical ...

Electric utilities are already prohibited from disconnecting a meter due to unpaid bills between mid-November and mid-April. But a new law requires the Maine Public Utilities Commission to ...