
Stephen Singer
Business Reporter at The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
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Mar 25, 2025 |
pressherald.com | Stephen Singer
Consumer advocates say they expect an increase in calls from customers worried that Maine’s utilities will be allowed to cut off electricity in mid-April for those who are behind on payments. State law prohibits Central Maine Power Co. and Versant Power from pulling the plug on customers from Nov. 15 to April 15, five months that typically cover the worst of Maine’s winters. About 19,000 CMP customers are behind on their payments, spokesman Jon Breed said Friday.
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Mar 20, 2025 |
pressherald.com | Stephen Singer
With its money depleted for electric vehicle rebates, Maine’s quasi-state agency that promotes energy efficiency has won the first round of approval in the Legislature to seek funding from New England’s grid operator.
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Mar 19, 2025 |
pressherald.com | Stephen Singer
Maine’s public advocate wants to dig into utility billing data to find out how much low-income ratepayers are overcharged by competitive electricity providers. Following a report last year that said ratepayers paid $135 million more over seven years to competitive electricity providers than for the standard offer, Public Advocate Heather Sanborn wants details about the cost burden on low-income ratepayers.
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Mar 14, 2025 |
yahoo.com | Stephen Singer
Mar. 14—Gov. Janet Mills announced Friday she will renominate Maine's top utility regulator as the state takes up a rising workload made increasingly complicated by policies targeting climate change and the rising cost of electricity. Philip Bartlett, a former majority leader of the state Senate and chair of the Legislature's Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, was tapped for a second six-year term to head the Public Utilities Commission.
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Mar 14, 2025 |
pressherald.com | Stephen Singer
Gov. Janet Mills announced Friday she will re-nominate Maine’s top utility regulator as the state takes up a rising workload made increasingly complicated by policies targeting climate change and the rising cost of electricity. Phil Bartlett, a former majority leader of the state Senate and chair of the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, was tapped for a second six-year term to head the Public Utilities Commission.
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