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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s public advocate wants to scrap the competitive process for electricity vendors for residential consumers, saying the current competitive system has failed to produce lower rates. In many cases, low-income Mainers are being taken in by promises of lower rates but they often end up paying more. One vendor is currently charging more than double the current standard offer, he said. “When you see a low-income Mainer paying more than the standard offer, that just breaks your heart,” he said. Mainers are already suffering from sticker shock after the standard offer rate grew from 6 cents to 18 cents per kilowatt hour on Jan. 1.