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Gov. Mills proposes electric bill credit for 90,000 low-income Mainers

The one-time, $90-per-customer credit, to be issued by the end of March, would help offset higher electricity rates.

Opponents are trying to kill the NECEC project for good in 2022, with key legal battles pending over the next few months.

The proposal could emerge as a competing alternative to the push for a statewide consumer-owned utility in Maine to replace CMP and Versant.

Forecasts called for between 12-18 inches along the coast and 8-12 inches farther inland.

The provincial utility said it hopes to resume work, and expressed confidence that NECEC would win its legal challenges.

A hearing Tuesday focused on a measure initiated to prevent future problems like one that popped up in Buckfield last June.

Our Power said it will continue its drive to have Mainers vote on consumer-owned power in 2023.

Organizers won’t say yet, but there are signs that signature-gatherers won’t meet Friday’s deadline for the November ballot.

by Staff Report January 11, 2022January 11, 2022

The Public Utilities Commission hasn’t set a date to consider the recommendation and is still receiving information in the case.

The agreement would require CMP to spend $700,000 in shareholders’ money to help speed grid connections.