Legislators sent a bill to Gov. Janet Mills that would allow for up to a $1 million fine per year for utilities that fail to meet new service standards.

Environmental and consumer advocates told the Maine PUC that a recently proposed rulemaking on utility performance does not satisfy current climate laws.

The ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group discussed FERC Order 2222, the New England Clean Energy Connect and January's tough weather for grid conditions.

Stakeholders debated Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ new utility accountability bill in a public hearing before the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee.

Maine’s utilities regulator supported advancing a power-to-fuel pilot program in a recent report to the legislature.

A new bill from Gov. Janet Mills would set performance standards for the state’s electric utilities, with fees and possible divestiture for non-compliance.

The Maine Generation Authority bill would create a state-run entity that builds renewable generation and is modeled after the Maine Turnpike Authority.

Avangrid is facing increasing scrutiny from regulators following allegations that the company purchased millions in unnecessary equipment to boost profits.

The Environmental Business Council of New England gathered industry experts to discuss solar market trends playing out in Maine and Massachusetts.

A critic of hydropower says politicians often make “vacuous statements about a particular energy source being clean, but that is not the case.”