Case Details

- Case Details:

Case Number:

2025-00279

Case Status:

Open

Utility/Industry Type :

Other

Utility/Industry Subtype :

Other

Case Type :

COMMISSION INITIATED

Case Subtype :

RULEMAKING

Pertaining to Utility/Company :

PUBLIC UTILITIES COM-O

Case Title :

COMMISSION INITIATED RULEMAKING FOR NOTICE REGARDING PROPERTY SUBJECT TO EMINENT DOMAIN FOR OR ABUTTING A HIGH IMPACT TRANSMISSION LINE CHAPTER 331

Initiating Filer :

PUBLIC UTILITIES COM-O

Case Start Date :

9/12/2025

Assigned Staff :

Benedict.Cracolici,
Dale.Coty,
Daya.Taylor,
Rebecca.McMahon,
Romayn.Richards,
Sally.Zeh,
Michael.Simmons,
amy.mills,
robert.a.creamer

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Filings (11) Data Requests (0)Public Comments (4) Active Party and Notification List (371) Assigned Staff (9)

Item No.	Date Filed	Description Of Filing	Filing Party	Filed By	No of Attachments	Deleted Filings
11	11/18/2025	PRM Final Comments	PRESERVE RURAL MAINE	Blanchard, Tanya	1
10	11/18/2025	MREA Comments	MAINE RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION	Donoghue Esq., Eliza	1
9	11/18/2025	CMP Final Comments	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	CMP Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills Y	1
8	11/17/2025	Maine Municipal Association comments on Ch 331 rulemaking	MAINE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION	Emery, Tanya	1
7	11/10/2025	TRANSCRIPT 11/7/2025	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
6	11/4/2025	Preserve Rural Maine Initial Comments on Rulemaking	PRESERVE RURAL MAINE	Blanchard, Tanya	1
5	11/4/2025	Versant Power Initial Comments	VERSANT POWER	Stockdell, Arrian	1
4	11/4/2025	CMP Initial Comments	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	CMP Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills Y	2
3	11/3/2025	Office of the Public Advocates Initial Comments	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	PUBLIC ADVOCATE, MAINE OFFICE OF THE	1
2	10/8/2025	Notice of Rulemaking	COMMISSION, MPUC	COMMISSION, MPUC	2

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Posted By	Posted Date	Comments	Attachment(s)
Jesse Haskell 875 Western ridge rd Email ID: Jessehaskell33@gmail.com Phone No.: 2075920069	11/4/2025	All of these bills that are attempting to delay any eminent domain because of these transmission lines are a waste of time. The real bill that should be passed should consider the citizens of Maine voting on such projects going forward, rather than elected officials sliding through such huge rural community changing bills without any citizen vote. I have personally given up the cause on the current northern maine renewable gateway. Even a citizens vote as was done with the last transmission line in western maine was jammed through on court orders even after the people of the state voted that the corridor not go through. Is this democracy? Did the people get what they wanted? Regardless of what the majority requests in this state the representatives, the courts, and the PUC ultimately decide " what's good for us". A citizens vote should be the standing order regardless of any bureaucratic nonsense. Thank you for reading this grammatically incorrect comment.
CLAYTON DAN MCKAY Ratepayer, Inc. 35 Bruce Tibbetts Drive, Dixfield, Maine 04224 Dixfield, Maine 04224 Email ID: mckaydan2@gmail.com Phone No.: 2074410479	11/4/2025	This law that presents the methods to take private land for the benefit of wind and solar companies will be forever known as the "SELL THE FARM" bill. Imagine, a Democrat controlled Legislature and Executive Departments commanding a Democrat PUC Commission Chairman and a Democrat Public Advocate to ram through a corrupt and illogical project. How can anyone think they have any chance to "SAVE THE FARM" with odds so heavily stacked against them? This is the most disgusting use of power ever inflicted on individual property rights that has ever occurred in the State of Maine. This makes the globalists' edict that "You will own nothing and be happy" a real deal. The worst part is that the money that would be spent to advance this project is not even close to the benefits obtained. A major transmission project of this size to allow wind and solar companies free reign over land in Maine is ridiculous. If this is not an example of embedded corruption taking place within the Maine Government, it surely is a head-scratching development of questionable intentions. This is a purely political move to destroy the fabric of Maine by tossing aside the rule of eminent domain, that traditionally was only used to provide tangible and necessary benefits for public use. In case the entities involved in this fiasco haven't noticed, the case for renewables, such as wind and solar, is undergoing intense scrutiny, as it should. The shocking truth is that the rapid acceleration of electricity costs coincides with the rapid development of renewables. I say, "SAVE THE FARM" and SAVE US FROM FURTHER RATE INCREASES"
Steven Ingalls Private Citizen Stetson, ME Email ID: sjiemail@yahoo.com	11/3/2025	Please see attached document with some proposed language changes. Primarily these changes are to ensure this rule can be utilized for both the Northern Maine Renewable Energy Program and also for other high-impact transmission lines.	Maine PUC Notice of Property.pdf
Arnold 133 cumberland st. Email ID: ad3012357@gmail.com Phone No.: 2073326278	9/18/2025	Eminent Domain should be banned. No government should be allowed to seize private property to give it to a corporation/state agency to build things on the illegally confiscated lands. It's unconstitutional in every sense of the word. Statewide ban on EMINENT DOMAIN..

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Notification List Active Party List

Name of Person/Company	Representing Company	Mailing Address	Email/Phone/Fax
Abbott, Charles Lincoln		12 Mill Brook Road Plainfield CT 06374	Email ID: cabbott@greenleaf-power.com Phone Ph: 916-596-2503 Fax:
Abradi, Richard		35 Hartford Street Rumford ME 04276	Email ID: Richard.Abradi@catalystpaper.com Phone Ph: 207-369-2823 Fax:
Akers, Keith		250 West 57th Street Suite 701 New York NY 10107	Email ID: keith@syncarpha.com Phone Ph: 513-237-1749 Fax:
Albert, Eben M		254 Commercial St Portland ME 04101	Email ID: ealbert@pierceatwood.com Phone Ph: 207-791-1282 Fax:
Allegretti, Dan		ME	Email ID: daniel.w.allegretti@constellation.com Phone Fax:
Allen, Chad		PO Box 1000 Pittsfield ME 04967	Email ID: callen@cianbro.com Phone Ph: 207-553-2735 Fax:
Aronson, George		ME	Email ID: GARONSON@CRMCX.COM Phone Fax:
Assistant, Smith Legal LLC		P.O. 5418 4 Wabon Street, Suite 1 Augusta ME 04332 5418	Email ID: Assistant@smithlawmaine.com Phone Ph: 207-480-1543 Fax: Fax: 207-480-1532
Bailey, Ryan		55 Technology Drive Suite 102 Lowell MA 01851	Email ID: rbailey@borregosolar.com Phone Ph: 508-240-4256 Fax:
Baker, George		ME	Email ID: GBAKER@HBS.EDU Phone Fax:

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Staff Name	Role
Coty, Dale	Support Staff
Cracolici, Benedict	Staff Analyst
Creamer, Robert	Hearing Examiner
McMahon, Rebecca	Hearing Examiner
Mills, Amy	Reviewer
Richards, Romayn	Staff Analyst
Simmons, Michael	Staff Analyst
Taylor, Daya	Hearing Examiner
Zeh, Sally	Reviewer

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