Caring For The Environment
Our Approach
We are committed to responsible business practices that advance community well-being, preserve natural resources, and benefit future generations.
Our sustainable business strategy focuses on building resiliency to adapt to a changing world. Infrastructure resiliency can help us respond to emerging threats, such as increasingly severe weather patterns. Avoiding impacts to nature and minimizing waste can help secure the supply of natural resources we all rely on. Advancing new energy technologies can help improve efficiency and manage the country’s need for more power.
Initiatives at CMP
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Investing in infrastructure resiliency and reliability. These types of projects, such as the Raymond to Pownal transmission line equipment upgrade and the Cape Substation switch replacement, protect our infrastructure and customers against the risks of increasingly extreme weather. You can learn more in our Grid and Climate Vulnerability Plans.
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Empowering customers to make responsible decisions. This includes supporting the interconnection of customer energy sources like solar, enabling access to smart energy solutions like electric vehicles (EVs), and promoting energy efficiency initiatives available through Efficiency Maine.
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Innovating for the future. These types of initiatives include driving automation in operations through technology, such as installing “smart grid devices” which can quickly transmit outage data to our control center, and those which allow us to operate system components remotely in the event of extreme weather.
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Preserving our natural resources. This includes wildlife conservation efforts such as animal guards installed on equipment to reduce interactions; protecting ospreys when nesting on equipment; and our work on the Kennebunk Plains erosion restoration project, protecting biodiversity and local drinking water sources.
Clean Electricity Supply
We deliver the electricity you buy from other companies.
- You may choose Standard Offer Service for your electricity supply, which is administered by the Maine Public Utilities Commission or you may choose a Competitive Energy Supplier. You can find environmental information regarding the Standard Offer option here.
- You can help Maine reach its goals by participating in Maine's Renewable Resources Fund, offering you the opportunity to contribute to the development of new renewable sources of energy.
To understand all your electricity supply options visit the Maine Public Utilities website and the Maine Office of the Public Advocate.
Learn More
You can learn more about CMP’s approach to sustainable business in our annual Corporate Responsibility Report.