PORTLAND (AP) — Utility Central Maine Power Co. wants customers who generate some of their own electricity from renewable sources to pay higher monthly service charges, an idea being resisted by renewable energy advocates. CMP said its plan would help cover the overall cost of service while keeping such customers on the grid even if […]
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CMP line work to interrupt I-95 traffic at night
FARMINGDALE — Traffic will be periodically stopped on part of Interstate 95 over the next few nights so Central Maine Power can install new transmission lines across the highway in Farmingdale. The utility says the work will take place between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. starting Monday and continuing through Thursday. The project will affect […]
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Standard offer electricity prices to rise for CMP customers
HALLOWELL — Residential customers of Central Maine Power Co. should expect to see an increase in their electricity bill come March. The new standard offer price for CMP’s residential and small business customers, which are set to go into effect on March 1, will be 7.6 cents per kilowatt-hour, a 10.8 percent increase from last […]
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Livermore Falls residents discuss TIF at hearing
LIVERMORE FALLS — More than 20 residents attended a public hearing on a tax-increment financing application Tuesday connected to a $14 million upgrade at Central Maine Power’s substation on Moose Hill Road. A TIF opens a lot of doors for small and larger businesses and could encourage those business owners to invest more money into […]
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Utilities won’t know price tag of ice damage for several weeks
BANGOR — Officials with Maine’s electric utilities say it likely will be two weeks to a month before they get an accurate estimate of the costs associated with the year-end ice storm. The storm knocked out power to tens of thousands of Mainers, and Emera Maine, formerly Bangor Hydro Electric Co., and Central Maine Power, […]
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‘We’re working around the clock’
CASTINE — Bob Senter slowly drives the snow-slicked rural roads of Hancock County, pointing out the broken weeping willows and the bent-over copses of birches that pock the icy landscape. “It almost looks like something out of a Stephen King movie,” the Central Maine Power Biddeford substation supervisor said Thursday afternoon. “This area up here, […]
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Snow slows down crews restoring power in Maine
The Maine couple spent Christmas Eve at a family member’s home without electricity. Christmas morning found them at their own home without power. And to complete their holiday, they traveled to a third darkened home to exchange gifts that afternoon. “You have to go with the flow and adapt, and do the best you can,” […]
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Out-of-state utility crews helping Maine turn the lights back on
BELFAST — Repair crews from up and down the East Coast converged on Maine in their bucket trucks this week to help fix power lines damaged in the ice storm. At least 350 line crews came to Maine from other New England states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida and New Brunswick to aid Central […]
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After ice, snow expected
MORE COVERAGE: Snow, cold may hamper power efforts in Maine As of Christmas night, Central Maine Power reported 39,000 households were without power after losing electricity on Monday from a multiple-day ice storm. “Crews will keep working tonight. There’ll be an enormous push tomorrow,” CMP spokesman John Carroll said Wednesday night. “By the end of the […]
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Schedule set on Livermore Falls TIF application process
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen on Monday received an overview of the possibilities of establishing a tax-increment financing district to capture some of the new value of CMP’s $17 million substation upgrade. The type of TIF the town is considering would not benefit Central Maine Power Co. The TIF proposal is still being developed. “We’re on […]