AUGUSTA, Maine, March 29 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2023-00017) on March 28, 2023: * * * VERSANT POWER COMPANY, Request for Approval of Updates to Chapter 395 Distribution Construction Standards ORDER BARTLETT, Chairman; DAVIS and SCULLY, Commissioners I. SUMMARY Through this Order, the Commission adjusts Versant Power Company's ("Versant" or "the Company") overhead single phase line extension rate pursuant to Section 10 of Chapter 395 of the C  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 29 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news: Sen. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, has introduced a bill to close a loophole that prevented the State of Maine from covering health care benefits to state workers who began working prior to 1986 and were forced onto a federal health care policy because of a spouse or ex-spouse. LD 591, "An Act to Require the State to Pay Medicare Premiums for Certain Retired State Employees," is being worked on by the Legislature's  more