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Last week, Raab Associates’ New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable had a panel discussion on the role of utility regulation in decarbonization.

A bill to replace Maine’s two IOUs with consumer-owned Pine Tree Power passed the House and Senate, but Gov. Mills is not fully behind it.

A bill that would ask Maine voters to decide whether a new consumer-owned nonprofit should replace the state’s investor-owned utilities won approval from the Legislature’s energy committee Tuesday. The bill (LD 1708) would direct the Public Utilities Commission to oversee an asset sale of Central Maine Power and Versant Power...

A bill before Maine legislators seeks to replace the state’s two investor-owned utilities with one consumer-owned nonprofit, should regulators find the IOUs unfit. "LD 1708 will let us control our own money and our own energy destiny, and will let us advance both fast and fairly toward our own clean...

Representatives of Maine’s solar industry say burdensome interconnection practices are threatening small-scale projects in the state. Problems that large-scale solar developers are experiencing connecting projects to Maine’s grid recently triggered an investigation by regulators into Central Maine Power’s interconnection procedures. The same challenges, according to ReVision Energy co-founder Fortunat Mueller,...

Maine regulators are moving forward with a formal investigation of Central Maine Power’s distributed generation interconnection practices. The decision came after a preliminary review of recent interconnection studies did not resolve concerns raised by the Coalition for Community Solar Access and the Maine Renewable Energy Association, Chairman Philip Bartlett said...

State energy officials in New England have recently pressed their case for reforms at ISO-NE with a series of online technical forums during the last three months focused on the RTO’s wholesale electricity market design, transmission system planning process and governance. There is also a recognition that significant equity and environmental justice considerations exist...

The latest in a series of state official-led online technical forums to discuss ISO-NE’s governance issues publicly on Thursday focused on transparency in the RTO’s decision-making. Anne George, vice president of external relations and corporate communications at ISO-NE, said the RTO has "a strong tradition of outreach and engagement with...

Maine could benefit from the designation of Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) for building onshore wind to meet its 2030 renewable portfolio standard of 80%, according to a study released last week by Gov. Janet Mills’ Energy Office. By following the example of Texas’ CREZ process, the state could unlock...

The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Thursday opened an investigation into the design and operation of the state’s electric distribution system. "To address climate change in the years ahead, we will be placing new demands on our electric distribution system, and we must assess how to modernize the grid at...