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Questions about Question 3? The Islander had some in last week’s paper, and I have some others. Can we afford to keep paying such high electricity bills for such poor

Central Maine Power is a mess, last in JDPower’s 2022 customer satisfaction survey nationwide, fourth year in a row. Let’s take its assets and turn CMP/Versant into a tax-exempt community-owned electricity provider. Sadly, not so easy. Its impact on our bills is unpredictable, but other points matter. Creating a tax-exempt entity lowers state tax revenue, […]

A proposal to takeover the state's two investor-owned utilities raises worries about reliability, politics, workers' rights, lawsuits and costs. Some are still in the dark.

When it comes to our electricity, this newspaper’s editorial board recently advised readers to follow Gov. Mills’ opinion and stick with the evil we know: CMP and Avangrid. The board asked “Why?” Here are two powerful reasons to support a public utility. 1) The governor writes that: “Electing people only injects a level of politics […]

It will cost between $7B and $13B for Pine Tree Power to take over Maine's electric utilities. And the management plan looks dysfunctional at best.

Can we be sure that the public utility will be competent, effective and trustworthy? We can't.

There are a few things I haven’t seen on Pine Tree Power commercials. First, Central Maine Power is in the process of building a billion-dollar transmission line to Massachusetts. Is this going to be included in the takeover, and if so, does that mean it will be $14.5 billion bond? Pine Tree Power will not […]

The Eventful History of Public Referenda Confrontations with CMP: What the clues from 1914 to 2021 have to offer on the possible fate of Pine Tree Power Paul Mills is a Farmington attorney well known for his analyses and historical understanding of public affairs in Maine. He can be reached at pmills@myfairpoint.net. This fall’s elections

While several figures are doing the rounds, remember that a court process will determine the purchase price of the investor-owned utilities.

A battery storage project in Holden could be replicated in Worcester, some experts believe. The result could be big savings for electricity customers.