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A meeting is slated for Wednesday in confidential talks between Central Maine Power and the public advocate over a proposed increase that would take effect Sept. 1.

It’s impossible to miss all of the anti-Pine Tree Power ads these days. Every time I open my computer or turn on the TV I’m blasted with talking points against the initiative. CMP’s parent company has funded the group behind the ads to the tune of $10 million by the end of 2022. These resources […]

Two major news developments this week – one tragic, the other more political – overshadowed other events in Maine this week. And both could impact policy debates in Augusta and around the state in the coming months.

I have recently received three glossy mailers from Maine Affordable Energy urging me to “Vote NO on Pine Tree Power on Nov. 7.” An easy search reveals what should be obvious: Maine Affordable Energy is financed by Avangrid, the for-profit parent company of Central Maine Power. Of course CMP wants to defeat the ballot initiative […]

I’m writing in response to Kathy D’Agostino’s letter about the ads CMP is running to persuade a “no” vote on the Pine Tree Power referendum (“Letter to the editor: Ads attacking Pine Tree Power sit poorly,” March 24). D’Agostino misses one very important thing we all should consider when we vote this fall: the cost […]

I hope the proponents of Pine Tree Power understand that they are not winning any upcoming referendum absent their expenditure of a significant advertising budget. The foreign corporate “anti” side of the Pine Tree Power issue is certainly in receipt of that memo. Acknowledging the significant disparity in depth of pockets, I believe pro-Pine Tree […]

Letter

TV ads are trying to scare you into thinking that switching to public power will immediately cost a cool $13.5 billion.

How would spending over twice our annual state budget on an experiment make any sense?

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court sided with advocates for the proposed Pine Tree Power Company in an official opinion on Monday regarding Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ ballot question