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Mainers will vote on replacing for-profit utilities with public power
Organizers of the ballot initiative hope to improve service and speed up the shift to clean energy by taking profits out of the utility sector.
Putting the “Public” in Power: Voters Support Having a Publicly Owned Utility
Voters strongly support having a publicly owned utility provider
Mainers See Climate Promise in Ballot Initiative to Create a Statewide Nonprofit Electric Utility
The state’s shareholder-owned utilities that would be replaced by a new company mandated to pursue climate goals have outspent its supporters nearly 30 to 1
Public Power Resonates with Voters in Maine
55 percent of Mainers believed that utilities should be nonprofits.
Maine Voices: Pine Tree Power is the best choice for our state’s climate goals
Approving Question 3 on the November ballot would ensure more responsive and rapid investment in connecting renewable energy sources to the state grid.
A battle rages in Maine over an election that some say could change the course of climate action
In November, Mainers will vote on whether they want Pine Tree Power — a consumer-owned nonprofit utility — to replace the investor-owned utilities.
In the Fight Over Maine’s Utilities, the Future of the State’s Energy Transition Goes to Voters
Our Power is attempting to overcome a multimillion-dollar disadvantage; the parent companies of the two investor-owned utility companies subject to the takeover so far have