FARMINGTON — A possible benefit of the proposed $950 million hydropower transmission line between the Canadian border and Lewiston is the opportunity it offers to extend high-speed internet into more of rural Maine. Central Maine Power plans to include fiber-optic strands atop its transmission towers, with on-and-off ramps every 3 to 5 miles that would […]
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More than 200 CMP customers join class-action lawsuit claiming they were overbilled
More than 200 Central Maine Power Co. customers who believe they have been overcharged on their electricity bills have joined a class-action lawsuit against the company. Lipman & Katz, an Augusta-based law firm, issued a statement Tuesday night announcing that it plans to file the lawsuit Thursday in Cumberland County Superior Court. Napoli Shkolnik, a […]
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Franklin County residents want answers on power line project
FARMINGTON — About 100 people gathered at Mt. Blue High School on Monday night to ask questions of Central Maine Power Co. officials about a proposed Quebec-to-Massachusetts power line, many of them silently voicing opposition through signs and stickers that featured an “X” over the words “CMP’s Line.” The public information meeting, organized by state […]
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Wilton hosting public session on CMP power line project
Franklin County residents and elected officials will have the opportunity Monday night to question Central Maine Power Co. authorities about a proposed Quebec-to-Massachusetts power line that would run through six towns and about 33 miles of the county. A meeting and question-and-answer session with CMP will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Mt. […]
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CMP audit expanded to customer service
A group hired to investigate complaints about significant increases in the winter bills of many Central Maine Power Co. customers will expand its probe to examine how well the company responded to those complaints. The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday authorized Liberty Consulting Group, the Pennsylvania company hired to investigate CMP, to expand its […]
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Maine's public advocate skeptical of CMP's expensive plan to improve grid
PORTLAND (AP) — The agency that represents the interests of Maine utility customers is skeptical of a electric utility’s proposal to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to “harden” the power grid in the face of increasingly intense storms. Avangrid, the parent company of Central Maine Power, will have to justify such a large expenditure […]
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CMP substation proposal raises concerns
SOUTH PORTLAND — City officials are scrutinizing a proposal by Central Maine Power Co. to expand a transmission substation on the Fore River — near the Knightville neighborhood and the Casco Bay Bridge — that has sparked concerns about potential public health, environmental and visual impacts. The company has provided few details so far about the project, […]
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Farmington pushes for compensation for CMP power line
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen is backing Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton, in pursuing additional benefits from Central Maine Power Co. as compensation for a proposed power line from Quebec to Massachusetts that would run through six communities in Franklin County. “We are going to house in Franklin County 20 miles of this power line,” […]
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Thunderstorms take down wires and trees, lightning strike starts fire in Baldwin
Severe thunderstorms and high winds took down trees and wires in southern Maine on Monday evening, and a lightning strike started a fire in Cumberland County. The National Weather Service in Gray received more than a dozen reports of trees and wires down across New Hampshire and Maine, and some people saw small hail. Central […]
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Patagonia and its Lewiston founder take aim at CMP transmission line plan through Maine
Activist outdoor clothing retailer Patagonia is encouraging followers on Facebook to sign a petition opposing a proposed transmission line that would carry Canadian hydroelectricity through Maine to Massachusetts. The company’s June 1 post draws attention to a petition drive by a statewide environmental organization that it helps support with grants, the Natural Resources Council of […]