by Susan Sharon MPBN news story The Maine Public Utilities Commission is taking public testimony tonight in Portland on a Central Maine Power Co. rate restructuring plan that critics say would discourage Mainers from investing in renewable energy and also raise fixed monthly fees on both residential and business customers. As Susan Sharon reports, several Read More
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Maine Fans of Solar Power Rally Against CMP Rate Plan
Regulators are reviewing a proposal that would levy a charge for customers who generate power. By Paul Koenig Kennebec Journal news story HALLOWELL — Around two dozen solar power proponents rallied outside the Maine Public Utility Commission office Wednesday to protest proposed electricity rate changes they say will discourage individuals from investing in renewable energy Read More
CMP Needs to Cover Costs, But That Shouldn’t Stall Maine Colleges’ Renewable Energy Advances
By Robert Clark, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed A new “standby” fee proposed by Central Maine Power Co. would penalize Maine colleges and universities — including the 10 member institutions of the Maine Independent Colleges Association — and effectively create a significant disincentive for our pursuit of the economic, environmental and educational Read More
CMP Fee Hike Undercuts Renewable-energy Push
The cost increase would unfairly punish those committed to green power as well as investors. Portland Press Herald editorial Use less, pay more. That’s the upshot of a proposal by Central Maine Power Co. now before the Maine Public Utilities Commission. The idea, part of CMP’s five-year rate plan, would force customers who generate some Read More
Maine’s Transmission Settlement is a Better Path Toward More Efficiency, Clean Energy, and Reliability
Statement by Dylan Voorhees, NRCM Clean Energy Project Director Today the Maine Public Utilities Commission gave preliminary approval to a settlement agreement regarding Central Maine Power’s (CMP) large transmission reliability proposal (entitled the Maine Power Reliability Project.) The Natural Resources Council of Maine has been an intervener in this case over the last two years. Read More
