Despite all of the uncertainties within electric deregulation, the Senate chair of the state Legislature’s Utilities and Energy Committee believes the best way to proceed with an open market is to be careful and cautious while trying to avoid making any large changes in the current rules. Read More
Lower electricity costs are not solely the product of affordable fossil fuel supplies and ample power generation. For power to be affordable, electricity has to be able to freely flow from where it is created to where it is needed. The New England region is… Read More
The promise of deregulation is one of an open market designed to bring about competition among electricity suppliers. That competition, in theory, is supposed to result in savings for Maine residents. But one year after the deregulation promise was made in this state, many Mainers… Read More
While many electricity suppliers say they cannot compete with Maine’s standard offer rates, one company that recently secured the contract for standard offer service in northern Maine believes competition will take hold in Maine. Ed Howard, a power marketer with WPS Energy Services, said recently… Read More
The key to a successful competitive electricity market, lawmakers and utility executives say, is the fair and honest pricing of power on the wholesale market. But as the price of electricity has spiked higher and higher over the past year, frustrated consumers and electricity experts… Read More
The Wattsons are worried. So are the Smiths, Whites and many other Maine families. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) {… Read More
Despite California’s problems, a handful of states have emerged from the national deregulation effort as models for other states to follow. Some of these states, such as Pennsylvania, already have begun the deregulation of their markets. Other states have yet to deregulate but are viewed… Read More