Electric rates are up 11.7% this year— more than triple the rate of inflation. Many low-income households have long struggled to cover utility bills. Now high prices are affecting a growing swath of the middle class:
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Rising electric bills lead to state scrutiny — but little relief for residents • Stateline
The last time the Maine Public Utilities Commission considered an electricity price hike, the proposal received fewer than 90 comments from the public. Three years later, amid skyrocketing energy pric...