Unable after a three-week, preliminary inquiry to explain why more than 1,000 Central Maine Power customers have received inexplicably high electric bills this winter, the Maine Public Utilities Commission voted Tuesday to launch a full investigation. The broader probe will be conducted in tandem with the ongoing inquiry underway by the PUC’s staff, which has been requesting […]
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Maine regulators vote to open full investigation of CMP bills
Unable after a three-week, preliminary inquiry to explain why more than 1,000 Central Maine Power customers have received inexplicably high electric bills this winter, the Maine Public Utilities Commission voted Tuesday to launch a full investigation. The broader probe will be conducted in tandem with the ongoing inquiry underway by the PUC’s staff. No precise timeline was […]
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PUC to decide next week whether to expand its review of CMP billing
After receiving hundreds of consumer complaints over unexpectedly high bills, the Maine Public Utilities Commission will decide next week whether to open a full investigation of Central Maine Power Co.’s billing, metering and customer service operations. The PUC is in the midst of a inquiry that could lead to a full investigation, called a management […]
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Prospects improve for CMP’s $950 million Western Maine power line plan
The proposal to build a $950 million power line through western Maine received a major boost on Monday, when a decision by a regulatory board in New Hampshire mortally wounded the project’s competitor. Action by the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee to delay its final decision on the Northern Pass transmission line likely will make […]
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PUC will review complaints from CMP customers whose electric bills spiked past few months.
Maine utility regulators decided Tuesday to start a preliminary, fact-finding review of what is behind an apparent spike in electric bills for some Central Maine Power customers. Staff from the Public Utilities Commission will pull together data that includes electric meter performance, billing system accuracy and CMP’s response to customers, the commissioners decided during deliberations. […]
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Blame the squirrels: Power outage hits Lewiston. Again.
LEWISTON — Another nice day in Lewiston, another dead squirrel and another power outage. Roughly 4,000 people lost power in the downtown area Wednesday morning after a squirrel caused damage at the Lewiston Lower Substation off Lisbon Street. The squirrel did not survive. For about an hour, Central Maine Power customers in the neighborhoods along […]
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Thousands lose power in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Residents across the city are reporting power outages. Central Maine Power reported more than 4,000 homes without power at 10 a.m. Wednesday. This story will be updated. [media-credit name=”CMP outage map” link=”http://outagemap.cmpco.com/cmp/” align=”aligncenter” width=”823″][/media-credit]
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Electric bill complaints surge after cold snap, rise in ‘standard’ price
State utility officials are investigating complaints about an apparent spike in electric bills last month. Kiera Reardon, consumer adviser with the Maine Public Advocate’s Office, said she’s fielded more than a dozen complaints in the past week on top of others the office received after consumers got their bills last month. Some of the increases, […]
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Street Talk: Lights out in Lewiston
Call me crazy, but every time the power goes out, I get excited. Not just excited – exhilarated. Enthralled. Energized by a new sense of adventure and an absolute certainty that this is it. This is The Big One. The end of the world has come ’round at last and I’ve got to get my […]
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Power out across Lewiston on Saturday and Sunday caused by a failed substation
LEWISTON — A spokeswoman for Central Maine Power Co. said Sunday night that power outages in Lewiston on Saturday and Sunday were caused by a failed substation. Thousands of CMP customers were without power Saturday afternoon, according to the spokeswoman, and more than 4,500 were in the dark Sunday evening. Power was out on Lisbon […]