Maine Public | By Peter McGuire
Published December 16, 2025

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Changes include permanently increasing eligibility to people whose incomes are 150% of the federal poverty level, increasing funding to $33 million a year..................

The commission estimates that could add 20,000 new customers to benefits, increasing the total to almost 68,000............................

"Thus, it is quite possible that the cost of the program could exceed the $33 million allocated," Bartlett added......................................

Funding from the program comes entirely from charges on customers for Maine's investor-owned electric utilities, CMP and Versant...................................

https://www.mainepublic.org/climate/2025-12-16/regulators-expand-maines-low-income-electric-program

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