AARP offers workshops on lowering utility bills

The workshops will be held in Portland, Auburn and Bangor.

Who could be a third-party operator? Here’s the test

If there’s a new Maine utility, who will manage it?

Politics, qualifying credentials and managerial expertise collide in the debate over who would operate a publicly owned utility.

Question 3: What you need to know about the Pine Tree Power referendum

The highly contentious question would establish the framework for a new utility to deliver electricity in Maine.

Question 1: Voters would have a say in certain big spending

Conceived as a fail-safe in case Question 3 passes, Question 1 would require voter approval for certain government bodies to take on more than $1 billion in debt.

Sierra Club endorses Maine publicly owned utility ballot question

Voters will decide on Nov. 7 whether the state's power distribution system will be maintained by investor-owned utilities or a state-led nonprofit.

Maine power companies are spending millions to defeat a vote to dethrone them

This fall, Mainers could cut ties with their utilities. The companies are buying influence to try to stay in power.

Mainers will decide whether to replace CMP, Versant with a nonprofit utility

After a 2-hour public hearing on Thursday, a legislative committee sent the referendum question to voters in November.

Secretary of state OK’s wording for ballot question that could block public utility

If successful, voter approval would be required for a consumer-owned utility, such as one being proposed on the same November ballot, to take on more than $1 billion in debt.

War over CMP corridor enters new phase – a jury trial

A lawsuit involving more than 2 million pages of evidence will confront jurors, who must decide whether Central Maine Power's parent has vested rights in the project Mainers voted to kill in 2021.