Utility regulators blame high natural gas prices on the continued surge in electric supply rates.
Tux Turkel
Tux Turkel writes primarily about energy issues affecting Maine. Over the years, he has gazed into the spent-fuel pool at the now-gone Maine Yankee nuclear plant, looked across Casco Bay from atop Wyman Station’s smokestack, and toured power plants and wind farms across the state, but remains confused about why electricity doesn’t leak from our wall sockets.
When he’s not trying to make sense of dense regulatory filings at the Public Utilities Commission, he’s likely to be hiking in the mountains or visiting Maine’s coastal islands in his small motorboat.
A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Tux lives in Yarmouth with his wife, youngest son, a cat and a guinea pig.
Most CMP customers to see rise of nearly 50% in electricity supply rates
Utility regulators blame high natural gas prices on the continued surge in cost. The new rate will take effect in January.
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Summit customers will see bills double as natural gas supply costs more
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Summit Natural Gas request for higher rates has some Mainers fuming, questioning
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