AUGUSTA, Maine, June 26 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION APPROVES STIPULATION FOR ANNUAL STRANDED COST RECONCILIATION FOR VERSANT POWER New Rates, including stranded costs, efficiency charges, distribution revenue decoupling, and transmission costs to go into effect July 1, 2025 * Hallowell, Maine - The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a stipulation submitted by the partie  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 25 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Merging AI and underwater photography to reveal hidden ocean worlds * In the Northeastern United States, the Gulf of Maine represents one of the most biologically diverse marine ecosystems on the planet -- home to whales, sharks, jellyfish, herring, plankton, and hundreds of other species. But even as this ecosystem supports rich biodiversity, it is undergoing rapid environmental c  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission has granted a waiver of an audit requirement for the West Paris Water District, Maine, in a matter connected to its "Request for Approval of Rate Change" (2025-00175). The decision, issued Monday, allows the district to proceed with its rate case without first completing a mandated financial audit. The water district filed for the waiver on June 4, citing financial constraints that made the cost of a full audit prohibitive without fir  more

FARMINGTON, Maine, June 26 -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news: * * * UMF Outdoor Recreation Hub receives generous $50,000 workforce development donation from Skowhegan Savings Foundation UMF outdoor initiative designed to grow Maine's four-season outdoor recreation economy * FARMINGTON, ME (June 25, 2025)--The University of Maine at Farmington is pleased to announce that its Outdoor Recreation Hub of Excellence has received a generous $50,000 donation fro  more