PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 11, 2023
Maine’s consumer advocate is asking the Public Utilities Commission to revoke an electricity supplier’s license to do business in the state, accusing it of overcharging customers. Public Advocate William Harwood said Electricity Maine violated state law and administrative rules by transferring accounts of its customers, without their consent, to a variable rate as high as 40 cents per kilowatt hour. The public advocate called it an “unfair and deceptive” trade practice. That rate compares with 17.6 cents per kilowatt hour that most Mainers pay.