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News & Press Releases

• MAINE RECEIVES $2.5 MILLION IN 45th REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE (RGGI) AUCTION (9/9/2019)
• Request for Proposals Issued for Standard Offer Service for Customers of Central Maine Power Company and Emera Maine (9/6/2019)
• Commission receives Federal Grant for 911 Enhancements (8/12/2019)
• Commission to Decide CMP Metering and Billing Case Prior to Action on CMP's Rate Case (8/6/2019)
• New Public Information Campaign Aims to Educate Mainers About Emergency Calling and Texting to 911 (8/1/2019)
• Commission Approves Wind Power Contract (7/12/2019)
• Public Witness Hearings in CMP Cases (6/19/2019)
• $158.2M in Efficiency Funding Approved - All Cost-Effective Programs for Maine Residents and Businesses are Funded (5/15/2019)
• April Is National Safe Digging Month (4/26/2019)
• MPUC Approves Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity For the New England Clean Energy Connect Transmission Line (4/11/2019)
• $1M in Dispatch Consolidation Grants Available (2/15/2019)
• Liberty Consulting Report Released Related to Forensic Audit of CMP's Metering and Billing Systems (12/20/2018)
• Text to 911 is Now Available Throughout Maine (12/14/2018)
• Electricity Supply Prices Set for Standard Offer Service in Central Maine Power Territory (12/10/2018)
• Electricity Supply Prices Set for Standard Offer Service in Emera Maine -- Bangor Hydro District (12/4/2018)
• Public Witness Hearing: Central Maine Power Company Proposed Transmission Line (10/5/2018)
• Maine Public Utilities Commission Encourages the Safe Use of Propane and Natural Gas (9/14/2018)
• Farmington and The Forks Public Witness Hearings Central Maine Power Company Proposed Transmission Line (9/6/2018)
• Request for Proposals Issued for Standard Offer Service for Customers of Central Maine Power Company and Emera Maine (9/5/2018)
• Commission Votes to Review Maine Aqua Ventus Terms (6/12/2018)
• Orono, Machias, Presque Isle Public Witness Hearings - Emera Maine Proposed Increase in Rates (4/30/2018)
• Orono, Machias, Presque Isle Public Witness Hearings - Emera Maine Proposed Increase in Rates (4/19/2018)
• April is National Safe Digging Month (4/12/2018)
• Commission Recognizes First 911 Call (2/16/2018)
• Electricity Supply Prices Set for Standard Offer Service in Central Maine Power Territory (11/8/2017)
• Electricity Supply Prices Set for Standard Offer Service in Emera Maine – Bangor Hydro District (11/7/2017)
• Portland Public Witness Hearing Northern Utilities Proposed Increase in Rates (10/6/2017)
• Request for Proposals Issued for Standard Offer Service for Customers of Central Maine Power Company and Emera Maine (9/6/2017)
• Request for Applications for Disbursements from Maine’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Trust Fund (7/14/2017)
• Commissioner Carlisle McLean to leave the Maine Public Utilities Commission (6/30/2017)
• April is National Safe Digging Month - Contractors and Homeowners Urged to call 811, Dig Safe® Before Digging (4/4/2017)
• Electricity Supply Prices Set for Standard Offer Service in Emera Maine – Maine Public District (3/23/2017)
• Maine Public Utilities Commission Issues Frequently Asked Questions on Net Energy Billing (3/10/2017)
• Legacy Long Term Contracts Come to an End -- Stranded Costs Reduced (2/22/2017)
• Maine Public Utilities Commission Issues Decision on Customer Net Energy Billing (1/31/2017)
• Proposed Rule on Customer Net Energy Billing (12/19/2016)
• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Auction Complete (12/9/2016)
• Electricity Supply Prices Set for Standard Offer Service in Central Maine Power Territory (11/30/2016)
• Electricity Supply Prices Set for Standard Offer Service in Emera Maine – Bangor Hydro District (11/29/2016)
• Maine Chairman Discusses Infrastructure Challenges as Part of National Panel (11/17/2016)
• Request for Proposals for Physical Energy Storage Contracts for Liquefied Natural Gas Storage – Deadline Extended (10/4/2016)
• Presque Isle Public Witness Hearing - Emera Maine Proposed Increase in Rates (9/27/2016)
• Electricity Supply Prices Set for Standard Offer Service in Emera Maine – Maine Public District (9/21/2016)
• Request for Proposals for Physical Energy Storage Contracts for Liquefied Natural Gas Storage (9/16/2016)
• Maine Public Utilities Commission Issues Proposed Rule on Customer Net Energy Billing (9/13/2016)
• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Auction Complete (9/9/2016)
• Request for Proposals Issued for Standard Offer Service for Customers of Central Maine Power Company and Emera Maine (9/7/2016)
• Request for Applications for Disbursements from Maine’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Trust Fund (7/22/2016)
• Public Witness Hearing on Emera Maine Proposed Increase in Rates (7/14/2016)
• MPUC Issues Request for Proposals for Electric Standard Offer Service (6/27/2016)
• Maine Public Utilities Commission Issues Request for Proposals from Biomass Electric Generators (6/17/2016)
• Choosing your Electricity Supplier (5/10/2016)
• Contractors and Homeowners Urged to call 811, Dig Safe® Before Digging (4/22/2016)
• Maine Public Utilities Commission and the Maine Fuel Board Encourages the Safe Use of Propane and Natural Gas (1/8/2016)
• Electricity Supply Prices Set for Standard Offer Service in Emera Maine – Bangor Hydro District (11/18/2015)
• Electricity Supply Prices Set for Standard Offer Service in Central Maine Power Territory (11/17/2015)
• Lifeline Awareness Week - Having Problems Paying Your Phone Bill? Stay Connected With Lifeline Assistance (9/11/2015)
• MPUC Issues Request for Proposals for Electric Standard Offer Service (9/9/2015)
• Maine Public Utilities Commission Warns Mainer’s of Utility Disconnection Phone Scam (8/27/2015)
• Maine Public Utilities Commission Receives Special Achievement Award for Geospatial Technology (7/23/2015)
• Public Witness Hearing on Maine Natural Gas Proposed Increases in Rates (6/12/2015)
• Contractors and Homeowners Urged to call 811, Dig Safe® Before Digging (4/2/2015)
• MPUC Orders Refund for Customers of Peoples Power and Gas (3/26/2015)
• Electricity Supply Price for Standard Offer Service Decreases Effective March 1, 2015 (3/3/2015)
• MPUC WARNS ABOUT DAMAGE TO NATURAL GAS AND PROPANE FACILITIES DURING SNOW REMOVAL (2/23/2015)
• Electricity Supply Prices Set for Standard Offer Service in Emera Maine – Bangor Hydro District (1/14/2015)
• Electricity Supply Prices Set for Standard Offer Service in Central Maine Power Territory (1/13/2015)
• MPUC ISSUES NOTICE OF INCREASE TO PREPAID WIRELESS FEE (12/8/2014)
• CONSUMERS URGED TO USE 9-1-1 TO REPORT EMERGENCIES (11/19/2014)
• Consumer Assistance Bulletin - Electricity Supply Options for Residential and Small Business Consumers (11/14/2014)
• State Energy Officials Encourage Businesses to Prepare for Winter and High Prices (10/6/2014)
• Lifeline Awareness Week (9/4/2014)
• Maine Green Power Celebrating 2 Milestones: First anniversary and over 1,000 participants (6/26/2014)
• RGGI States Welcome EPA Release of Proposed Carbon Pollution Rules for Existing Power Plants (6/3/2014)
• Letter to Governor LePage re Docket No. 2012-00487 -- Fryeburg Water Company and Nestle Water (4/22/2014)
• April is “Safe Digging Month” (4/3/2014)
• Study Indicates Economic Imperative for Natural Gas Infrastructure to Lower Maine’s High Electricity Prices (3/3/2014)
• Standard Offer Prices Set for CMP and Emera Maine (BHE) Customers (1/22/2014)
• Vannoy Confirmed as Commissioner (5/9/2013)

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