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“This year, Mainers are facing price-gouging and immoral disconnection notices from multinational utility companies,” said Sanders, who was the Democratic presidential runner-up in both 2016 and 2020.

The Vermont senator urged Mainers to support the upcoming referendum to create a statewide public power company and push out Central Maine Power and Versant Power.

The Vermont senator urged Mainers to support the upcoming referendum to create a statewide public power company and push out Central Maine Power and Versant Power.

The governor says the bill's language is too broad and would likely result in unintended consequences, including infringing on free speech.

I am appalled, though not surprised, to learn from Press Herald reporting (June 18) that the $18.4 million Central Maine Power and Versant Power have spent opposing the public power initiative has come solely from their parent companies with zilch from individual Mainers. The paltry, by comparison, $655,740 Pine Tree Power has spent has come […]

Under a compromise approved Tuesday morning, typical Central Maine Power residential customers will see bills will rise 1% in July and then increase roughly $5 by the middle of 2025.

Under a compromise approved Tuesday, typical Central Maine Power residential customers will see bills will rise 1% in July and then increase roughly $5 by the middle of 2025.

Under a compromise approved Tuesday, typical Central Maine Power residential customers will see bills will rise 1% in July and then increase roughly $5 by the middle of 2025.

The western state’s finances are among the most under strain in the country.

When somebody says that power is free, it means that you pay more taxes because ultimately it is the taxpayer who is bearing the brunt of the free power, the Union minister for power said.