Case Details

- Case Details:

Case Number:

2024-00191

Case Status:

Open

Utility/Industry Type :

Electric

Utility/Industry Subtype :

Transmission and Distribution Utilities (T and Ds)

Case Type :

COMMISSION INITIATED

Case Subtype :

INQUIRY

Pertaining to Utility/Company :

PUBLIC UTILITIES COM-TD

Case Title :

MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION INQUIRY REGARDING IMPROVING RESILIENCY AND ADDRESSING ESCALATING STORM COSTS

Initiating Filer :

MPUC

Case Start Date :

7/25/2024

Assigned Staff :

Joyce.Horton,
Paulina.Collins,
William.Lohrman,
liz.wyman,
Romayn.Richards,
Sally.Zeh,
Michael.Simmons,
Jameson.McBride

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Filings (31) Data Requests (0)Public Comments (3) Active Party and Notification List (25) Assigned Staff (8)

Item No.	Date Filed	Description Of Filing	Filing Party	Filed By	No of Attachments	Deleted Filings
31	4/8/2025	CMP- Alternative Cost Recovery Presentation	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
30	4/8/2025	CMP-GTS PUC Presentation	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
29	4/8/2025	Storm Cost Recovery Mechanisms LBNL	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
28	4/8/2025	Regulatory Sandboxes Maine Presentation	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
27	4/7/2025	TRANSCRIPT 4/3/2025	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
26	4/4/2025	PROCEDURAL ORDER (Additional Resources Provided by Berkeley Lab at April 3, 2025 Workshop)	COMMISSION, MPUC	COMMISSION, MPUC	1
25	3/24/2025	Procedural Order (April Workshop Update)	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
24	3/18/2025	CMP Letter re April3 Workshop	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills Y	1
23	2/14/2025	Procedural Order (April Workshop)	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
22	10/29/2024	PROCEDURAL ORDER (Workshop CT Docket Information)	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1

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Posted By	Posted Date	Comments	Attachment(s)
Tziporah Feldman Scenic America 1012 14th street northwest Email ID: tziporah.feldman@scenic.org Phone No.: 2027921302	11/4/2024	Scenic America is grateful for the opportunity to submit comments on the Maine Public Utilities Commission's inquiry regarding strategic undergrounding of utility wires. We believe that the Commission's goal to expand clean, renewable energy while also improving the grid's reliability and resiliency can be furthered by strategies of undergrounding and co-locating high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission lines and distribution lines, which align with our goals of scenic and natural conservation. Please see attached PDF for our full public comment.	Scenic America - Maine PUC.pdf
Michael D Clark 146 Perkins Beach Road Email ID: clarkmd5353@gmail.com Phone No.: 2076714671	9/13/2024	In section IV of Docket # 2024-00191 I agree and encourage the PUC to formally pursue all #'s 1-12 Stakeholder and Utilities questions and create an immediate action plan to reduce the overwhelming outages experienced in Maine. In addition to those questions I would add: -Should the utilities companies be responsible for covering the cost to install whole house connected generators and the cost to supply them with fuel during outages, ie propane or gas. (This would be in addition to Tesla type Powerwall units as battery backup.) -Should utilities provide to customers energy cost credits based on an outage per hour basis, eg. $3.00 per hour energy credit for each hour of lost power. -What is the impact on home electrical appliances, computer equipment, EV vehicles connected for charging that repeated brown outs and power outages have on those items and does the utility bear some or all responsibility for replacement or repair due to their degradation and/or failure. Since 2020, as a customer of CMP - only 20 miles from the state capital of Augusta-, I have lost power 41 times for a total of 515 hours, an average of 128 hours a year, almost 11 hours per month. This is the United States, not a third world country. This needs to be remedied.
Carole Pepler none, Trenton resident 85 Stonrham Way Trenton, ME Email ID: peplers@roadrunner.com Phone No.: 207-412-0033	8/12/2024	I find Versant's 10+ power outages annually, sometimes lasting more than 24 hours, unacceptable. Could they be fined $____ dollars per minute times customers affected, every time there is an outage? They send big profits home to Canada each year, as they proved when they spent $13 million to campaign against Pine Tree Power referendum. This is clear evidence Versant can afford to invest more in equipment and crews.

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Notification List Active Party List

Name of Person/Company	Representing Company	Mailing Address	Email/Phone/Fax
Albert, Eben M		254 Commercial St Portland ME 04101	Email ID: ealbert@pierceatwood.com Phone Ph: 207-791-1282 Fax:
Alexander, Barbara Reid		44 Beech Street Hallowell ME 04347	Email ID: barbalexand@gmail.com Phone Ph: 207-458-1049 Fax:
Blakelock, Karen			Email ID: karen.blakelock@tnc.org Phone Fax:
Burnes, Ian G		151 Capital Street Augusta ME 04330	Email ID: ian.burnes@efficiencymaine.com Phone Ph: 207-213-4149 Fax:
Chamberlin, Susan W		103 Water Street, 3rd Flr SHS #112 Hallowell ME 04347	Email ID: susan.w.chamberlin@maine.gov Phone Ph: 207-624-3679 Fax: Fax: 207-287-4300
Epke, Johanna		62 Summer St. Boston MA 02110	Email ID: jepke@clf.org Phone Ph: 415-717-5049 Fax:
Ferguson, Becca		168 Capitol Street Suite 1 Augusta ME 04330	Email ID: becca.ferguson@efficiencymaine.com Phone Ph: 207-213-4145 Fax:
Haslett, Nat		758 Westbrook St South Portland ME 04106	Email ID: nhaslett@revisionenergy.com Phone Fax:
Joyce, Katherine A		PO Box 9729 Portland ME 04104	Email ID: kjoyce@bernsteinshur.com Phone Ph: 207-774-1200 Fax:
Lesko, Amy		PO Box 1058 45 Memorial Circle Augusta ME 04332	Email ID: alesko@preti.com Phone Ph: 207-623-5300 Extn: 3195 Fax: Fax: 207-623-2914

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Staff Name	Role
Collins, Paulina	Hearing Examiner
Horton, Joyce	Staff Analyst
Lohrman, William	Staff Analyst
McBride, Jameson	Staff Analyst
Richards, Romayn	Staff Analyst
Simmons, Michael	Staff Analyst
Wyman, Liz	Reviewer
Zeh, Sally	Reviewer

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