PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • September 5, 2024
Years after utilities paid millions of [shareholder] dollars to influence voters about a power line through western Maine, Maine regulators announced Wednesday they will draft rules that prohibit utilities from billing ratepayers for spending on advertising, lobbying and political expenses and require spending disclosures to the state. The Public Utilities Commission voted 3-0 to launch a rule-making process seeking public comment on regulations called for in state legislation enacted last year.