HALLOWELL, Maine, April 3 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has appointed Emillie Lemire, the Town Manager of Corinna, as receiver for the Corinna Water District, following the resignation of all three of the district's trustees. The decision aims to ensure the continued operation of the water district until a new board of trustees can be established. The PUC's action comes after the Corinna Water District's Board of Trustees filed a request on March 5, 2025, seeking the appointmen  more

HALLOWELL, Maine, April 3 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has conditionally approved an interim adjustment to Maine Natural Gas Corporation's (MNG) Index Price Option (IPO) Gas Cost Reconciliation Mechanism, resulting in a rate increase of $0.1358 per therm, effective April 1, 2025. This decision aims to address a substantial under-collection of gas costs incurred by MNG. The PUC's order stems from MNG's filing on March 14, 2025, which reported a significant under-collection of $  more

HALLOWELL, Maine, April 3 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved the Maine Water Company's (MWC) request to create a new affiliated interest, National Water Utility Service, LLC, and amend its Affiliated Interest Agreement (AIA) and Cost Allocation Manual (CAM). The decision comes with specific conditions to protect ratepayers from potential cost increases. The reorganization is triggered by MWC's parent company, SJW Group, creating National Water Utility Service as a new s  more

HALLOWELL, Maine, April 3 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has denied Fox Islands Electric Cooperative, Inc.'s (FIEC) request for a waiver of state requirements regarding net energy billing (NEB) arrangements. The decision addresses FIEC's claim that it has exceeded the cumulative NEB capacity limit, leading to unsustainable costs for non-NEB customers and operational grid challenges. FIEC had requested a waiver of obligations under 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 3209-A and Chapter 313 of the P  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, April 4 -- The University of New England issued the following news: * * * UNE business faculty partner with local organizations to mentor Maine's future business leaders Two faculty members from the University of New England's College of Business have spent part of the spring 2025 semester volunteering as mentors for the Junior Achievement of Maine (JA Maine) Titan Experience, a five-week program that immerses Maine high school students in the fundamentals of business econo  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, April 4 -- The University of New England issued the following news: * * * Center for Global Humanities presents 'Public Health, Public Trust, and American Fragility in a Pandemic Era' on April 21 How can health care professionals and policymakers use the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic to inform better public policy and treatment going forward? Was it inevitable that we would emerge from the pandemic with increasing internal conflicts, or could the politicization of the pa  more