Since November, Central Maine Power Co. has delivered roughly 1,000 of the notices to customers warning that their power will be shut off unless they pay past-due bills.
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Maine’s public advocate decries CMP disconnect notices as ‘scare tactic’
Central Maine Power says it is allowed to send the notices to customers with past-due bills, even though it can’t shut off their power in the winter without permission from the Public Utilities Commission.
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Our View: PUC staff report not the end of CMP billing case
Finding that there was no problem with the company’s billing software doesn’t mean its bills were accurate.
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Following 12-month inquiry, decision time approaches in CMP billing probe
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission will make a recommendation to commissioners Thursday on how much blame, if any, there is to lay at the feet of Central Maine Power for its billing problems.
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Maine Compass: Give ‘we, the people’ control of our state’s vital infrastructure
Electricity, water, banks and the internet should be in the hands of the public, not corporate interests.
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Maine regulators delay decision on CMP billing case
The Public Utilities Commission says new information has been received and it needs another month to evaluate it.
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CMP sends cold-weather shutoff warnings to dozens of customers who are disputing their bills
Central Maine Power likely won’t disconnect anyone this winter, says a company vice president, but the threat of disconnection will remain next spring for customers who ignore CMP’s correspondence.
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CMP dead last in U.S. in survey of business customers’ satisfaction
The J.D. Power survey sought opinions from 21,000 business customers of 87 utilities nationwide. It shows the Maine power company trailing even Pacific Gas and Electric, which has been linked to wildfires and filed for bankruptcy.
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Electricity will get cheaper for most Mainers, but CMP rate hike could cut into savings
Default rates for home and small-business customers will fall 19 percent, from 9 cents per kilowatt hour to 7.3 cents.
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State approves power-purchase contract with UMaine wind project
The 20-year agreement requires CMP to buy electricity from an experimental floating wind turbine off the Maine coast.