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In recent days, there's been much public attention to the billing and metering practices of Central Maine Power Co., the state's largest electric utility. Clearly, some rate payers feel they have been overcharged and misled.

But at least the weather isn't aggravating the problem. Or is it?

Per capita residential electricity sales volumes in Maine are lower than in almost three-fourths of the states, according to an analysis released last week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. And only about 1 in 15 households use electricity as their primary energy source for home heating.

With mild summers, an average of one in four New England households do not use air conditioning, which is a notorious electricity guzzler and often the cause of forced blackouts during the summer in other parts of the country.

Which prompted Mainebiz to ask: Will your business be taking steps to avoid a summer surge in air conditioning use? What else will you be doing to cope with the heat?

What will your business be doing to cope with summer cooling costs?
Yes, we're regularly changing business hours to reduce cooling costs (6%, 2 VOTES)
If there's a bad heat wave, we might change hours temporarily (6%, 2 VOTES)
We'll use other ways to keep the temperature and our costs low (33%, 11 VOTES)
No plans for the air conditioning; hey, this is Maine (55%, 18 VOTES)
Poll Description

In recent days, there's been much public attention to the billing and metering practices of Central Maine Power Co., the state's largest electric utility. Clearly, some rate payers feel they have been overcharged and misled.

But at least the weather isn't aggravating the problem. Or is it?

Per capita residential electricity sales volumes in Maine are lower than in almost three-fourths of the states, according to an analysis released last week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. And only about 1 in 15 households use electricity as their primary energy source for home heating.

With mild summers, an average of one in four New England households do not use air conditioning, which is a notorious electricity guzzler and often the cause of forced blackouts during the summer in other parts of the country.

Which prompted Mainebiz to ask: Will your business be taking steps to avoid a summer surge in air conditioning use? What else will you be doing to cope with the heat?

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  • Janet Wilson
    July 5, 2019

    We are actually just getting ready to install air conditioning in the upstairs of our building. The downstairs mostly stays comfortable with fans.