Maine Public Advocate

The Office of the Public Advocate is calling for ratepayers who enrolled in incentivized savings programs to double check they're receiving the intended lower rates.

The Maine Office of the Public Advocate was barred from participating in a regulatory proceeding for a $400 million transmission upgrade.

Central Maine Power had initially asked state regulators to be reimbursed $117 million over two years for its efforts to restore power after multiple storms in 2022. A new settlement agreement reduces costs to ratepayers by $850,000.

The public advocate argued that the utility's storm restoration costs in 2022 were "excessive" and "imprudent," and believes that regulators should prohibit CMP from recovering about $53 million from ratepayers.

The recently passed supplemental budget adds more funding to the Low Income Assistance Program. Public Advocate Bill Harwood is calling for even more funding.

Maine's public advocate is warning that electric ratepayers are about to be hit with another price increase unless lawmakers change a law that encourages solar energy development.

The request comes after the regulators announced electricity supply rate hikes of 49% and 38% for customers of CMP and Versant who choose the standard offer. The new rates take effect next month.

State regulators have ruled that Central Maine Power will be allowed to continue sending disconnection notices to households with past-due balances during…

Over the next three years Central Maine Power (CMP) is proposing to invest nearly $30 million for what it's calling a "resiliency" program to harden its…

The lights are back on for more than half of the Maine residents and businesses that lost power after Thursday morning's Nor'easter.As of 6 p.m. roughly…