Editorial: CMP’s high connection costs threaten Maine solar industry

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 10, 2021

Maine entered the year with dozens of solar power projects at different stages of development, large and small, all across the state – good news for local economies, and a necessary step toward meeting the state’s aggressive goals for lowering carbon emissions. Just a few weeks in, however, the future of many of those projects is now in question, after Central Maine Power, out of the blue, said it would require from developers costly upgrades far exceeding what the parties had agreed to. Gov. Mills, who has asked the Public Utilities Commission to investigate the matter, is right to demand answers.