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The added cost would be paid for through rate increases, following multiple major storms last year.
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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.
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The Conservation Law Foundation said the proposal for a statewide, consumer-owned electric utility would create too much uncertainty at a time when Maine must move aggressively to address the climate crisis.
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Critics of the Pine Tree Power campaign say the transition to a statewide public electric utility is impractical. But it has been done elsewhere.
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The bills would have blocked foreign government-owned entities from spending money on Maine ballot campaigns, and ensured that farmworkers earn no less than Maine's hourly minimum wage of $13.80.
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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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Central Maine Power says it's unaffected by legislation to ban foreign government-owned entities from electioneering in ballot campaigns, but for months it's been lobbying against the effort.
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The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is lifting its suspension of construction of the controversial 145-mile transmission project known as the New England Clean Energy Connect.
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The question for the jurors was whether the project developers were acting in good faith, or whether they expedited the project in order to establish vested rights specifically to thwart the referendum.
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A trial that could determine the future of a controversial billion-dollar transmission project in western Maine resumed Tuesday, when the jury heard from the defense.