BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 4, 2020
Maine’s utilities regulator agreed to fine Central Maine Power Co. $500,000, the top amount allowable, for issuing winter disconnection notices to customers without its prior approval. The two commissioners present at Thursday’s Maine Public Utilities Commission deliberation agreed on the fine, which was recommended by its staff in July. Commissioner R. Bruce Williamson and Chairman Phil Bartlett also agreed that the money would be distributed to customers of CMP’s electricity lifeline program in 2019-2020 as a bill credit.