Press Releases Archive

• November 17, 2011: If you experience intereference with home wireless networks or household appliances after the installation of a Central Maine Power “smart meter,” contact CMP
• June 9, 2011: E4 Group - Request for Proposals - Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Advocate
• September 8, 2008: $20 Credit Available to New Customers of Pioneer Telephone
• December 13, 2007: Maine Public Advocate Reaches Agreement With Fairpoint and Verizon on Sale of Verizon’s Operations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
• October 11, 2007: Public Advocate Announces Recommendations to PUC in Fairpoint’s Proposed Acquisition of Verizon-Maine
• October 1, 2007: Captioned Telephone Allows Hard-of-Hearing People in Maine to Hear and Read Telephone Conversations
• August 6, 2007: New “Soft Dial Tone” Policy May Require E-9-1-1 Service on Most Disconnected Telephone Lines
• January 26, 2007: Public Advocate Files Final Arguments in Verizon Rate Case , Seeking Local Service Rate Reductions of $6 Per Month
• December 11, 2006: Maine Public Advocate Stephen Ward Suggests That Telephone Customers Claim Refund of Federal Telephone Tax
• October 23, 2006: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same - for Nuclear Power
• October 2, 2006: Ratewatcher Telecom Guide Has New Design, Packed With More Money-Saving Information Than Ever
• February 27, 2006: Ex parte on USF contribution mechanism
• September 21, 2005: Public Advocate Witnesses Urge That Verizon/MCI Merger
• August 7, 2003: Complaint Against CMP Leads to Results; Advocate Assists Locals Opposed to New Power Line
• May 9, 2001: Public Advocate Office Says the Public Utilities Commission's 5-Year Plan for Verizon is Unfair to Consumers
• March 13, 2000: Public Advocate Requests Full Rate Investigation of Bell Atlantic by the Public Utilities Commission
• : Public Advocate Witnesses Urge That Verizon/MCI Merger Be Approved - if at All - With Major Conditions That Promote Competition and Broadband Deployment