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Voters will be deciding eight state referendum questions and electing mayors in Portland, Biddeford, Lewiston and Auburn.

Maine voters will soon decide on whether to rid themselves of two of the state's largest electric companies. This is in an effort to lower electricity costs across the state.

The state of Maine is "poised to vote on an unprecedented plan to rid themselves of the states two largest electric utilities and start with a clean slate," reports the Associated Press: The proposed takeover of two investor-owned utilities that distribute 97% of electricity in the state would mar...

Question 3 proposes replacing Maine’s two investor-owned utility companies — Central Maine Power and Versant Power — with a new company called Pine Tree Power.Pine Tree Power would be run by a 13-member board, staff to support them, and a private third-party operator they would hire to manage the day-to-day operations of the grid.

Maine voters will decide the fate of eight statewide ballot measures in an election Tuesday, including a proposal to ban foreign influence on elections and...

Before moving to Camden, I spent 40-some years of reporting and editing about international energy issues. One thing I didn’t hear much about over those decades was the “customer base” of the big companies I covered, from oil majors like ExxonMobil...

In my (admittedly short) career as a journalist, I have never had as many conversations about a single topic as I have on Question 3 , the referendum on this year’s ballot asking Mainers whether they want to replace Maine’s two investor-owned...

Mainers are poised to vote Tuesdya on an unprecedented plan to rid themselves of the state's two largest electric utilities and start with a clean slate.

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It’s one of the more eventful times of the year: Halloween just behind us, the World Series under way, the advent of deer hunting season, and the gift of another hour of time. Not to be overlooked or upstaged, however, are Maine elections. Though the Pine Tree Power referendum along with elections for mayor in […]