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State Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Friday August 29, 2025 ( 2 items )  

ICYMI: Susan Collins Faces Backlash in Maine for Giving GOP the Green Light to Strip Away Health Care
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Susan Collins Faces Backlash in Maine for Giving GOP the Green Light to Strip Away Health Care * "She had the opportunity to stop this bill and she did not." Mainers are holding Senator Susan Collins accountable for hiding from her constituents after enabling the passage of the toxic GOP budget bill. Yesterday, Collins faced immense backlash for selling Mainers out as she was  more

Maine PUC: Utilities Directed to Update Stranded Cost Rates
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSdok) -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission, Augusta, has issued an order (Docket No. 2024-00137) directing the state's investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities to adjust their rates for stranded costs. The decision, issued on August 28, 2025, in a proceeding titled "Follow-On Proceeding to Further Investigate Stranded Cost Rate Design", implements legislation that changes how certain utility costs are recovered. The order, signed by Chair Bartlett and Co  more