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State utilities regulators have ordered Lincoln Water District to hold a public hearing on a proposed contract with Poland Spring.
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The commission approved an increase of funding from $15 million to more than $22 million dollars, and also expanded eligibility to as many as 46,000 additional ratepayers.
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Maine has become the third state this year to pass a law tightening reporting requirements for public utilities funding political activities, such as lobbying and campaign advertising.
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The Public Utilities Commission on Friday announced that most Mainers will be seeing a decrease in the supply portion of their electric bills. This could take some of the sting out of the delivery rate increases for CMP and Versant customers.
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The distribution rate increases will come in four steps starting July 1, and will cost the average residential customer about $5 per month over the next two years.
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If regulators approve the project, it will be sited 45 miles southeast of Portland, and could produce power by the end of the decade.
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Electricity rates have been rising for most Mainers, but they've really spiked for the customers of Electricity Maine. Now the Public Utilities Commission is investigating.
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The rates will apply to Mainers charging electric vehicles, using heat pumps, or charging batteries at off-peak hours.
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PUC Chair Phil Bartlett said the increases are driven by global natural gas prices, and will cost the average CMP customer an additional $32 per month.
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State regulators gave initial approval Wednesday to new transmission line that would connect a massive renewable energy project in Aroostook County to New England's power grid.