Utility regulator’s staff recommends $500K penalty for CMP’s wrongful disconnect notices

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 23, 2020

Staff of the Maine Public Utilities Commission on Thursday recommended that the regulator impose a $500,000 penalty against Central Maine Power Co. for violating its consumer-protection rule against winter disconnections. The penalty is to be paid as a bill credit in equal amounts to the accounts of CMP customers who participated in the electric lifeline program in 2019-2020.