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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.
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Putting the “Public” in Power: Voters Support Having a Publicly Owned Utility
Voters strongly support having a publicly owned utility provider
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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
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Public Power Resonates with Voters in Maine
55 percent of Mainers believed that utilities should be nonprofits.
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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.
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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.
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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