Page 26 - Pine Tree Power News Today

I’m writing in response to a letter published in the Oct. 3 issue of The Free Press regarding the Pine Tree Power initiative. Jim Brinkler of Newcastle voices his concern

Mainers want to save money, reduce outages and, focused on climate change, exert more control over grid decision-making. How do we best achieve those ends?

Pine Tree Power advocate Jonathan Fulford of Belfast plans to speak at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at the First Universalist Church of Norway’s Concert Hall at 479 Main St. in Norway. Pine Tree Power is a grassroots coalition with members from Fort Kent to Kittery. The group is working to establish a utility that […]

Under Pine Tree Power, Mainers will call the shots, not executives in a boardroom with one eye on Wall Street.

We cannot work effectively with the utilities to ensure they comply with our plan to transition away from fossil fuels and modernize the grid while also fighting in court to force them to sell. 

At the Nov. 7 election, voters will choose four School Committee members and two members of the Town Council. Profiles of all candidates are on pages 8 and 9 of this issue. Absentee ballots are being sent to registered voters who request them and must be returned by 8 p.m. on election day. Voters will […]

Central Maine Power and Versant have been running a misleading ad against Question 3, the Pine Tree Power proposal. They criticize Pine Tree Power by saying there is no guarantee that it will produce lower rates, keep the lights on more often or provide better customer service. While no entity can guarantee those results, a […]

We cannot work effectively with the utilities to ensure they comply with our plan to transition away from fossil fuels and modernize the grid while also fighting in court to force them to sell. 

To the Editor; My husband and two sons served in the U.S.

As a retired, lifelong Mainer, I’m voting no on Question 3 because I believe it would increase our costs, not lower them. I am against any government takeover of our utilities, and that’s what this is — a seizure of private companies using eminent domain. And putting elected politicians in charge of our electric grid […]