The program, aimed at promoting solar development in Maine, has long drawn critics due to its cost to ratepayers, and has ...

Maine's new Public Advocate, Heather Sanborn, is settling into her role of representing the state's ratepayers. Sanborn, a former Democratic state lawmaker, attorney, and brewery co-founder ...

Jan. 28—The Maine Senate voted 19-15 Tuesday to confirm Heather Sanborn as the new public advocate to represent the state' utility ratepayers. The former state senator and brewery owner from ...

The utility says it responded to 25 storms in 2024, including a March ice storm and April nor’easter that affected the large ...

Heather Sanborn, who took over the Office of the Public Advocate this month, said she's focused on an issue cited frequently by her predecessor, William Harwood, who retired Jan. 31. "Our priority ...

Maine Public Advocate Heather Sanborn says she’s contacted community solar companies operating in Maine after receiving complaints from community solar customers who are enrolled in alternative ...

Heather Sanborn, former state legislator and co-founder of Rising Tide Brewing, was nominated Gov. Janet Mills to serve as Maine Public Advocate. (Official photo) As a child, Heather Sanborn remembers ...