Agreed. My power consumption is outrageous and even I don't use that much electricity.

Yep, old bill LWH usage and new bill KWH usage. I find it hard to believe with the old rates you were burning $260 worth of electricity a month without some sort of electric heating/cooling involved, or some other major draw, because you're probably well north of 1000 KWH/month.

Can you tell me how CMP gets money from increased supplier fees? Won’t delivery be the same since it’s based on unit?

Pine Tree Power is a great name too. 👌

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In addition to the suggestions here, when you do call, ask them to confirm the meter number attached to your account. (Not sure if you recently had a new meter put in or any changes like that?) One time (albeit in a different state), the power company transposed two numbers on my meter during some update, and I started getting crazy bills. Took months to straighten that one out.

Do you really not think that CMP also benefits from the rate hikes? They collect more supplier fees when the rates go up. They lobby for more rate hikes every year. Their profits are at a record high. This isn't a not for profit electricity company, although one is going to be on the ballot!

CMPs lobbying power in uncanny

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Dang, I'm pretty lucky... Over the last 8 months my bill has been an average of $22.63.

Please give us your kilowatt hours per month

>as well as CMPs delivery fee.

CMP's delivery fee has not increased since 2000. The only increases have been on the supply side

CMP is not perfect but people here seem to think it is okay to spread false information and blame them for supply prices they have zero co trol over.

Blame New Brunswick Power and NextEra for standard offer increases. The other electricity supply ripoff artists like Electricity Maine are far too numerous to list here.

>Standard offer went up and supply increased. That’s all I meant.

You wrongly blamed CMP for standard offer/supply price increases. That is all I meant.

>my bill doubled last month and it was entirely Electricity Maine’s supplier rate.

Please tell me you have switched to a less expensive option. Electricity Maine has been ripping off customers for years... Far worse than CMP.

raising the pay for teachers in maine should be a major political priority. not only would it result in a better education for our children, the future of this state, but it would attract young professionals to this state, something our economy needs.

Also, teachers deserve the money. they work so, so hard.

The last thing I want to do is defend CMP, but my bill doubled last month and it was entirely Electricity Maine’s supplier rate.

Mine also went from about 320 to 550 with no change in use. CMP busy having its customers fund ads against Pine Tree Power and exacting revenge of the overwhelming no vote for the corridor.

One thing for people to know as well, is that both buildings are being built on an old blueberry field so the company doesn’t need to clear much woodland. Which is a win IMO

Are you sure if the months that the bill was for? The rates went up significantly in January, as well as CMPs delivery fee. Which offer are you using, standard?

Some not all. Many people want the fish farm. The town voted a 2-1 ratio for the fish farm when people against tried to have a moratorium on it.

Meters are smart, there is no “reading” if you have a smart meter, they automatically update usage. The only reading that is done now is if the meter fails to check in or to verify accuracy.

If the Maine PUC was doing its job, we wouldn't have this problem

Tell everyone you know and get them to vote for Pine Tree Power

Same thing to us in Bangor. February was over $220 more than January and absolutely nothing changed. I really don't understand it. We've run a space heater in our bedroom overnight and one on a timer upstairs. None of this has changed since like December

I'm headed out of state, likely Texas, to be somewhere where it is more likely to have sun than high chances of clouds here in Maine.

I saw the 2017 eclipse on eastern TN and it was awesome. Booked a last minute plane ticket, hotel room in Knoxville, and a car rental. Then drove like an hour east where the clouds cleared in time for the eclipse.