A group of 11 companies claim a monthly charge that could start in January violates their constitutional rights.

Communities:

11/24/25

Daniel Kool

Staff Writer

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Community solar companies across Maine sued the Public Utilities Commission Monday, attempting to block the implementation of a new law designed to reduce the impact of solar development subsidies on the state’s electricity…

LD 32 An Act to Repeal the Laws Regarding Net Energy Billing looms large in the upcoming Maine Legislative session this year. Originally debated in a public hearing February 6, 2025, it has survived several work sessions and is being carried over to the next session intact with no amendments.

It should be given another Public Hearing as…

Community Solar Owners File Lawsuit in Maine

LD 1777 imposed retroactive changes on community solar ​projects​, jeopardizing ​​savings and​​​ clean energy jobs

AUGUSTA, ME — Today, 11 companies representing 111 community solar projects filed a lawsuit in Maine,…

11/24/25

Story by Abha Bhattarai

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Misty Pellew’s family lived in the dark for several days this month.

Pellew’s power was shut off Nov. 13 because of $602 in unpaid bills, the latest in a string of financial humiliations that began six months ago after her husband lost his $20-an-hour excavation job in northeastern Pennsylvania. The recent government shutdown dealt another blow, delaying federal…

Recall perhaps that based on published accounts, meeting materials from the American Wind Energy Association on 11/2/11 included:

"Work with Grassroots team to recruit and activate a “Wind Army,” identifying state, member and third-party surrogates to spread AWEA messages. Results: • Quadrupled size of online community from February to October, building online advocacy list from 25,000 to 113,000; plus LinkedIn at 8,000, Twitter at…

"The goal of the RFP is to upgrade the transmission system between northern Maine, where land-based wind generation is expected to increase, and more populous regions of southern New England, where demand for electricity is highest."     ISO-NE  November 21,2025

This Transmission Line is to deliver 1200 megawatts of intermittent wind from Northern Maine to…

NEW: Trump Says “We must focus all of our energy and might on ELECTION FRAUD” – Shares Lara Logan’s Bombshell Interview with Ex-CIA Officer (MUST SEE VIDEO)

by Jordan Conradson Nov. 23, 2025 2:00 pm

The video to watch is at the following weblink: …

Two actions taken by the Democrats in Maine Government that means the 1200 megawatt wind project in Aroostook County will be rammed through and the people can do nothing to stop it.

1. In 2021 the mission statement for the PUC was amended to add the duty of "reducing greenhouse gas emissions to meet the greenhouse gas emissions reduction levels set forth in Title 38, section…

Time now for the northeast states blocking new pipelines from Pennsylvania to northern New England to be straightened out and quickly.

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A massive pipeline buildout is sweeping across Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, marking the largest expansion of Gulf Coast natural-gas capacity since the 2008 shale boom, according to…

The following was written by Dudley Gray, an old friend and fellow wind warrior who is still fighting the good fight.  He submitted it to The Maine Wire:

Subject: Fwd:When will we ever learn?

Thirty years of Democrat power, interrupted only once, has left Maine

in a sorry state. A chronological lesson of failure is necessary to

explain just how badly Maine residents have been represented.…

The January 1,2026 rate increase will be the third increase since July 1,2025 for CMP customers

Electricity Rates…

ROLL CALL

Weblink to see how they voted:…

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM EST

Mainers' power bills will go up again in 2026 after the Maine Public Utilities Commission approves new annual contracts to supply electricity to the state's investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities.

Commissioners said increasing costs were linked to rising prices of natural gas across the country. About half of the power used in New England is generated by power plants that burn…

Wednesday, Nov 19, 2025 - 12:45 PM

Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

An increasing number of American households are falling behind on their utility bills as energy costs remain elevated heading into winter, according to a new analysis from two nonprofits.

Past-due balances owed…

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST

Central Maine Power's controversial power distribution rate plan met an early end Tuesday as Maine utility regulators dismissed the case.

It's the first time on record the Maine Public Utilizes Commission has rejected such a proposal entirely.

Their decision reflected public opinion, which has been against the $1.5 billion dollar plan since it was released this…