BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 6, 2021
The parent of Central Maine Power Co. countersued a cybersecurity firm in a New Mexico court on Saturday, alleging extortion and false statements in a proceeding over a merger between the utility giant and an electric company in the southwestern state. It came one day after news emerged that Pennsylvania-based Security Limits Inc. sued Avangrid, a U.S. subsidiary of the Spain-based Iberdrola, in federal court, alleging a bid-rigging scheme in which millions of dollars in equipment was wastefully purchased to boost ratepayer payouts. Gov. Janet Mills called the allegations “alarming” and called for a regulatory review. Avangrid, CMP’s parent, has called the allegations false.