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1 October
5:54 pm

Energy costs have gone from seventeen cents a kilowatt hour to about twenty eight cents a kilowatt hour this coming year.

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Bobby Charles, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (NEWS CENTER Maine)

5:54 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific figures about Maine energy cost increases over eight years are verifiable against utility rate data and could be accurate or exaggerated.
What we foundThe '17 cents' starting point is supported by Maine's 2023 standard offer supply rate data, and current Maine residential rates are now in the high-20s range, but the 'about 28 cents' endpoint applies to the current statewide average, not a single upcoming rate — and the full all-in rate trajectory is more nuanced than a simple two-point comparison implies.
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