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Breaking: Maine legislature passes bill to purchase Central Maine Power and create publicly owned electric utility

Posted on June 30, 2021 by admin

Maine residents rallied at the capitol in Augusta June 30 to urge lawmakers to pass L.D. 1708. The bill passed both houses of the legislature, and now goes to Gov. Janet Mills’ desk. The legislation replaces Central Maine Power with … Continue reading →

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Maine: Judge to hear Smart Meter disability discrimination case; denies CMP motion to dismiss

Posted on June 25, 2021 by admin

Press Release Press Contact: William Most (504) 509-5023 / williammost(at)gmail.com Portland, ME, April 1, 2021 –On July 7, 2020 Bowdoinham resident Ed Friedman filed a disability/discrimination lawsuit against Central Maine Power (CMP) in Portland’s U.S. District Court. The suit, brought … Continue reading →

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Maine PUC rescinds analog meter opt-out for CMP customers

Posted on June 24, 2021 by admin

15 June 2021Hallowell, Maine MPUC Commissioners Continue in Callous Disregard for Ratepayers This morning during Maine PUC deliberations beginning at 10 am, in less than 8 minutes the three commissioners rescinded a hard-fought electromechanical opt out from smart meters in … Continue reading →

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Maine legislation would replace Central Maine Power, Emera Maine with ‘consumer-owned utility’

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

From the Portland Press Herald January 28, 2019 By Kevin Miller The bill, which will be considered by the Legislature, would use low-interest revenue bonds to buy the transmission and distribution assets of Maine’s two largest for-profit utilities. AUGUSTA — … Continue reading →

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Central Maine Power has a backlog of thousands of faulty bills, facing utility commission investigation and class-action lawsuit

Posted on February 10, 2019 by admin

From Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel February 9, 2019 By Tex Turkel, Portland Press Herald As the electric utility generates hundreds of flawed bills daily, customers ask: ‘What the heck is wrong with this company?’ More than a year after … Continue reading →

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Maine: Sky-high utility bills but utility company denies any Smart Meter problems

Posted on January 27, 2018 by admin

From WGME CBS 13, On Your Side CMP customers sticker-shocked by latest bill Jan. 25, 2018 By Marissa Bodnar Some Central Maine Power customers are outraged over their latest bills and struggling to understand why, in some cases, they’ve doubled. … Continue reading →

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Maine: CMP customers who refuse to pay opt-out fees get disconnect notices

Posted on August 18, 2016 by admin

In Maine, people have been fighting Smart Meters at the public utility commission and in the courts. In addition, some customers of Central Maine Power have refused to pay Smart Meter opt-out fees ordered by the PUC. They have clearly … Continue reading →

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Arizona: ACC utility engineer can’t do basic math

Posted on July 5, 2015 by admin

Information & Perspective by Warren Woodward Sedona, Arizona ~ July3, 2015 Posted on Sedona.biz I just received another batch of emails and documents from the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) via a Public Records Request. One of the emails, dated February … Continue reading →

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How many RF pulses per day from a Smart Meter?

Posted on July 13, 2014 by admin

Utility companies have repeatedly claimed that their Smart Meters emit Only 6 times a day Less than a minute Only a few minutes each hour (Southern California Edison — SCE) Once every 4-6 hours (Pepco) “Does not continuously broadcast all … Continue reading →

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