United Illuminating is turning to the courts following the August decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, whose commissioners unanimously rejected UI’s proposed distribution rate increase of $131 million over three years, saying that the decision threatens the company’s financial health and will severely impact their customers, employees and local suppliers.
Months of public comment, investigations, and controversy culminated with Friday’s decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, whose commissioners unanimously rejected United Illuminating’s proposed distribution rate increase of $131 million over three years.
In a decision that has left many Mainers expressing anger on social media Thursday morning, a nine-member jury has ruled unanimously that Central Maine Power acted in 'good faith'
Closing arguments in a civil trial focused on whether developers of the stalled 145-mile line sped up construction simply to gain legal rights to continue building.