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Press Releases
- April 17, 2026 Office of the Public Advocate Responds to Latest CMP Rate Case Filing
- March 30, 2026 Maine Office of the Public Advocate Applauds FERC Decision Lowering Transmission Costs for New England Ratepayers
- February 17, 2026 Office of Public Advocate responds to CMP’s revised rate case filing
- January 29, 2026 New Report Finds Competitive Electricity Suppliers Overcharge Low-Income Maine Ratepayers
- December 16, 2025 Public Advocate Praises Public Utility Commission Improvements to Low-Income Assistance Program Rules
- November 20, 2025 Public Advocate Responds to 2026 Standard Offer Supply Rate Increases
- November 18, 2025 Public Advocate Applauds PUC Decision to Dismiss CMP’s Five-Year Rate Proposal
- September 29, 2025 Keep an Eye on Your Mail: Thousands of Maine residents receive help with winter electricity bills
- September 16, 2025 Maine’s Public Advocate Urges CMP Customers to Speak Out on $1.4 Billion Spending Proposal
- June 30, 2025 LD 1777 Signed into Law
- June 20, 2025 Maine Public Advocate Applauds Final Passage of LD 1777
- February 19, 2025 Public Advocate Addresses Inaccurate Billing Issues With Community Solar Companies
- January 27, 2025 NH Agency Denies OPA the Opportunity to Advocate for Maine Ratepayers
- January 16, 2025 OPA Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Funding for Telecommunications Access for Maine’s Schools, Libraries, and Low-Income, Rural, and Tribal Customers
- December 9, 2024 Electricity Maine Customers Should Watch Mail for Refunds
- December 2, 2024 Citizen Advisory Council Sends Recommendations to Legislature to Lessen the Burden on Low-Income Electricity Ratepayers
- October 16, 2024 Electricity Maine Must Pay Penalty and Give Refunds for What Maine Public Advocate Calls Unfair Billing Practices
- August 19, 2024 Public Consumer Advocates Vigorously Object to Eversource NH Project
- June 10, 2024 Maine Public Advocate Successfully Reduces CMP Charges to Ratepayers for 2022 Storm Costs
- March 4, 2024 Maine Public Advocate Urges Low Income Electric Customers To Seek Help With Bills
- January 12, 2024 Maine Public Advocate Urges Electric Customers To Take Advantage of Reduced Standard Offer Rate
- November 21, 2023 Additional Financial Support for Electricity Bills Available to Maine Residents this Winter
- September 14, 2023 Maine Public Advocate Joins New England Utility Consumer Advocates Calling for Proper Scrutiny of Expenditures by Region’s Transmission Owners
- October 12, 2023 Maine Public Advocate Joins Multi-State Effort to Secure More Funding for Federal Low Income Heating Assistance Program (LIHEAP)