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Investor-owned utilities have been at the forefront of numerous political scandals and ecological disasters. There is an alternative.

The Sierra Club has endorsed a Maine ballot initiative to create the country’s first consumer-owned electric utility, giving the issue national prominence ahead of the November vote. The initiative, Question 3, would create Pine Tree Power, a cooperative that would replace the two existing utilities in the state, Central Maine Power and Versant Power, which…

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Almost 80 people who came out for the church singalong, including many from beyond Jackson. Generous donations were made. There is a lot of enthusiasm toward fixing up the church

The economic forecasting makes big claims while failing to take into account two very major variables.

The UNH Survey Center poll also finds that Gov. Janet Mill's net approval is dropping

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Voters will decide on Nov. 7 whether the state's power distribution system will be maintained by investor-owned utilities, or a consumer-led nonprofit.

As we know, there’s a lot of debate happening about who we trust with our electrical grid. Proponents of Pine Tree Power tout the benefits of keeping profits within our state and not placating investors who don’t use our system. Proponents of keeping our largest utilities private tout the benefits of not having “politicians run […]

The economic forecasting makes big claims while failing to take into account two very major variables.