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Case Number :	2018-00194	Case Status :	Open
Utility/Industry Type :	Electric	Utility/Industry Subtype :	Transmission and Distribution Utilities (T and Ds)
Case Type :	COMMISSION INITIATED	Case Subtype :	INVESTIGATION
Pertaining to Utility/Company :	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Case Title :	COMMISSION INITIATED INVESTIGATION INTO RATES AND REVENUE REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY.
Initiating Filer :	Public Utilities Commission, Maine	Case Start Date :	7/18/2018
Assigned Staff :	Christine.R.Cook, Derek.D.Davidson, Faith.Huntington, Katie.Gray, LYNN.A.FORTIN, Lucretia.Smith, Margrethe.Heimgartne, Matthew.Rolnick, Michael.Simmons, Mitchell.Tannenbaum, Sally.Zeh
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Filings (333) Data Requests (10)Public Comments (251) Active Party and Notification List (122) Assigned Staff (11)

Item No.	Date Filed	Description Of Filing	Filing Party	Filed By	No of Attachments	Deleted Filings
333	4/7/2020	Transcript 4-1-20	Commission Staff, CMS	Commission Staff, CMS	1
332	4/7/2020	ORDER ON REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION (Line-Loss Study)	Commission, MPUC	Commission, MPUC	1
331	4/6/2020	CMP Filing of Proposal for Third Party Review of Quality Assurance Program	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills	1
330	4/3/2020	PROCEDURAL ORDER ON REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION	Commission Staff, CMS	Commission Staff, CMS	1
329	4/2/2020	OPA Reply Comments on Liberty Audit Costs	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	Public Advocate, Office of the	1
328	4/2/2020	CMP Reply Comments on Liberty Audit Costs	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills	1
327	3/25/2020	CMP Comments on Liberty Audit Costs	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills	2
326	3/20/2020	CMP Compliance Filing on Legacy Billing System Issues	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills	1
325	3/19/2020	OPA Comments re: Recovery of Legacy System Costs	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	Public Advocate, Office of the	1
324	3/18/2020	Comments of OPA re Costs of Liberty Audit	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	Public Advocate, Office of the	1

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Mary Welch Central Maine Power 15 Morrison Road springvale Maine 04083 Email ID: Mcwelch@metrocast.net Phone No.: 207-636-7932	1/28/2020	We received a disconnection notice from Central Maine Power despite after contacting them and letting them know that my husband had a serious injury and has been out of work since October 25th and we are only able to pay what we can. Our only source of income is my VA comp disability. We've applied for fuel assistance and are waiting to hear back. We don't know what else to do.	0128201713_HDR.jpg
Kristin Nelson 1972 74 Raydon Rd Ext York ME 03909 Email ID: kln75a@gmail.com Phone No.: 603-848-7050	1/24/2020	I paid the last installment of our payment arrangement in January. My bill shows a zero balance for the payment arrangement, yet another installment was added to my account balance. A screenshot of my bill is attached. If they are making billing mistakes on such a simple matter, what else are they billing incorrectly? In addition, we installed a pellet stove but we are not seeing much difference in our bill. I think my bill may be estimated although it is not marked as such.	CMP January 2020.jpg
Seth Berry 1245 River Rd Bowdoinham, ME04008 Email ID:seth.berry@legislature.maine.gov Phone No. :207-522-1609	1/24/2020	See Attached	Seth Berry Public Comments.pdf
Carlton Wilcox 1047 Intervale Rd. New Gloucester, ME04260 Email ID:cwilcox.maine@gmail.com Phone No. :207-926-3008	1/24/2020	See attached	Wilcox Letter - CMP.pdf
suzan elichaa 12 northeast ln, south portland me Email ID: suzanelichaa1@hotmail.com Phone No.: 207-317-2838	1/21/2020	CMP does not need a rate increase. They have millions of dollars to spend on ads for the power corridor, so clearly they have too much money. They have done little to upgrade lines so we end up spending twice as much on maintenance and repairing outages. Ratepayers should not have to pay more because of their poor management. They have fought non stop against solar which would cut the costs for all ratepayers. Solar gives its best output when demand is high, feeding excess power back into the grid when it is needed most. This distributed feed reduces the need for expensive grid upgrades. CMP has had massive billing problems. As a customer that had to spend hours on the phone trying to resolve billing errors I can tell you that it wastes CMP time also. They are paying staff needlessly. Given all the overbilling it seems a rate increase is unnecessary. DISMANTAL CMP AND MAKE OUR POWER COMPANY PUBLICLY OWNED. THIS MODEL IS PROVEN TO WORK IN MAINE, PROVIDING BETTER, MORE RELIABLE SERVICE AT LOWER, LOWER LOWER RATES. There is no reason that CMP should charge more than say Kennebunk light and power. They should not be rewarded for subpar service by giving them a rate increase.
suzan elichaa 12 northeast ln, south portland me Email ID: suzanelichaa1@hotmail.com Phone No.: 207-317-2838	1/21/2020	CMP does not need a rate increase. They have millions of dollars to spend on ads for the power corridor, so clearly they have too much money. They have done little to upgrade lines so we end up spending twice as much on maintenance and repairing outages. Ratepayers should not have to pay more because of their poor management. They have fought non stop against solar which would cut the costs for all ratepayers. Solar gives its best output when demand is high, feeding excess power back into the grid when it is needed most. This distributed feed reduces the need for expensive grid upgrades. CMP has had massive billing problems. As a customer that had to spend hours on the phone trying to resolve billing errors I can tell you that it wastes CMP time also. They are paying staff needlessly. Given all the overbilling it seems a rate increase is unnecessary. DISMANTAL CMP AND MAKE OUR POWER COMPANY PUBLICLY OWNED. THIS MODEL IS PROVEN TO WORK IN MAINE, PROVIDING BETTER, MORE RELIABLE SERVICE AT LOWER, LOWER LOWER RATES. There is no reason that CMP should charge more than say Kennebunk light and power. They should not be rewarded for subpar service by giving them a rate increase.
Janet m DiGregorio Cmp 8 Hasey Street Lisbon Maine. Email ID: mdigregorio54@aol.com Phone No.: 207-312-3200	1/21/2020	I have been in this dispute scince February 2017. I purchased my home in 2014 Nothing has changed . My electric bills have gone from $120 in the heart of winter to over $300 . My home is 1300 square feet . When this dispute started I was told by the puc Not to pay anything until I heard from them . Two years later out of the blue I get a disconnect For over $5000. The payment arrangements are not achievable. The usage and the actual electricity That is being used here is in no way accurate!! Something needs to be done about this mistreatment of power.
Debbie Buxton	1/21/2020	CMP should not be able to have a rate increase. They are ALREADY over charging their customers. They make up the amount that they want to charge as the smart meters do not work. OR the smart meters are programed to over charge the customer. They are over charging so much that people on disability checks can not afford the bills. I understand all companies increase but CMP triples the amount. When people get fuel assistance, they should automatically get help with the electricty. I along with others have been denied at least 3 years in a row. For what I understand from a friend that was getting assistance was also denied this year. It sounds like they are NOT helping anyone in need anymore. CMP needs to lower their rates, not increase them. AND we do not want the lines for MA coming here to Maine.
TIMOTHY GIVEN Central Maine Power 34 Hill St Rockland, ME 04841 Email ID: TIMOTHYGIVEN@GMAIL.COM Phone No.: 207-691-2809	1/21/2020	They are a bunch of crooks robbing the people of Maine and do not deserve a penny until they can get their billing in order and explain all the mistakes that are being made.
Lisa Pugsley 11 Pine Street,Skowhegan Maine 04976	1/21/2020	Last winter we had two pellet stoves got rid of one and got a wood stove,my daughter moved out so that is less electric and our bill went was 181.00 in Nov to Dec. 227.00 to 318.00 in Jan and now 325.00 when there is NO WAY IN HELL it should be that high!!! We have had beautiful weather and there were days when we didn't even turn the pellet stove on! We actually only turn it on at night! Something has to be done with them! I did dispute these Bill's with CMP and MPUC

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Notification List Active Party List

Name of Person/Company	Representing Company	Mailing Address	Email/Phone/Fax
Meil, Kathleen	ACADIA CENTER F/K/A ENVIRONMENT NORTHEAST	P.O. Box 583 Rockport ME 04856	Email ID: kmeil@acadiacenter.org Phone Ph: 207-236-6470 Fax:
Boyd, Amy E	ACADIA CENTER F/K/A ENVIRONMENT NORTHEAST	31 Milk Street Suite 501 Boston MA 02109	Email ID: aboyd@acadiacenter.org Phone Ph: 617-742-0054 Extn: 102 Fax:
Hickey, Stacey		404 Wyman Street Suite 425 Waltham MA 02451	Email ID: shickey@allianceenergy.com Phone Ph: 781-402-8892 Fax:
Farber, Ken		1 City Center Portland Maine ME 04102	Email ID: Kenneth.farber@Avangrid.com Phone Ph: 207-838-3932 Fax:
DeRoche, Michele		162 Canco Rd Portland, ME 04103	Email ID: Michele.DeRoche@Avangrid.com Phone Fax:
Keefe, Josh		1 Merchants Plaza Bangor ME 04401	Email ID: jkeefe@bangordailynews.com Phone Ph: 207-990-8259 Fax:
Valigra, Lori		PO Box 1329 Bangor ME 04402	Email ID: lvaligra@bangordailynews.com Phone Ph: 207-583-1121 Fax:
Libby, Marcia A		PO Box 9729 Portland ME 04104 5029	Email ID: mlibby@bernsteinshur.com Phone Ph: 207-228-7346 Fax:
Moser Esq., N. Joel		100 Middle Street P.O. Box 9729 Portland ME 04101	Email ID: jmoser@bernsteinshur.com Phone Ph: 207-228-7155 Fax: Fax: 207-774-1127
Keim, Julie	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	100 Middle Street Portland ME 04101	Email ID: jkeim@berrydunn.com Phone Ph: 207-541-2282 Fax:

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Staff Name	Role
Cook, Christine	Staff Analyst
Davidson, Derek	Staff Analyst
FORTIN, ETHELYN	Support Staff
Gray, Katie	Hearing Examiner
Heimgartner, Margrethe	Staff Analyst
Huntington, Faith	Staff Analyst
Rolnick, Matthew	Staff Analyst
Simmons, Michael	Staff Analyst
Smith, Lucretia	Staff Analyst
Tannenbaum, Mitchell	Reviewer

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