From the “disease to please” to minimizing one’s physical presence, this year's Mainebiz Women's Leadership Forum explored habits that can hold women back from reaching their goals, as outlined in a book entitled "How Women Rise."
The new "standard offer" supply rates for residential and commercial customers of CMP and Versant were set through a competitive bid process conducted by the Maine Public Utilities Commission.
The controversial plan would have increased the average residential customer’s monthly bill by $35 over the next five years to finance power grid upgrades and the hiring of hundreds of line workers.
Ahead of public hearings before the Maine Public Utilities Commission, Gov. Janet Mills said the proposed rate increase “blatantly ignores” the economic reality that Maine residents face every day.