# Heather Sanborn, Maine Public Advocate: Why is electricity in Maine so damn expensive?

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Podcast: [Partly Serious with Keith Carson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/partly-serious-with-keith-carson-7856786)
Published: 2026-06-23T10:00:00+00:00
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Heather Sanborn is Maines public advocate today I talk to her why our electricity rates are so high in this state, if more natural gas pipeline capacity could be the answer and why community solar messed up so badly explaining billing to its customers that people thought it was a scam.

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