BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 12, 2021
The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday rejected a complaint from 10 Central Maine Power customers that sought a new moratorium on disconnection notices for those with unpaid bills. That complaint, filed in December, called such notices “unreasonable” until the state can bring the surge in coronavirus transmission under control. That alone should have prompted the commission to place a moratorium on utility disconnection notices, according to Public Advocate Barry Hobbins, who called the decision “disappointing.”