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Congratulations to Elizabeth Lenharr, who won the open Stockton Springs Select Board seat. Townspeople also voted 452-193 against the proposal to establish Pine Tree Power, which was defeated statewide.

Has the idea been killed by the election results of last Tuesday? Not even close.

With greater regulatory muscle, Maine can check off some of the boxes that dominated the public power campaign.

From the creation of a commission to investigate what led up to the Lewiston shootings to the latest on election results, our political analysts weigh in.

On Tuesday, Mainers voted down a referendum that would have transformed ownership of the state’s investor-owned electric utilities, Central Maine Power and Versant Power, creating a...

Mainers voted the right way on Pine Tree Power. From here, it's onward and upward.

A referendum asked voters in Maine if they wanted to replace their privately owned utilities with a publicly owned one.

“Elected officials should look at the reasonable parts of the Pine Tree Power question. Despite the sour grapes of proponents, a “no” vote on the entire package does not preclude a “yes” on specific components.”

Power companies can be publicly or privately owned and may report to corporate boards, local governments or co-op members. But there’s no one best way to deliver electricity reliably and affordably.

Vote in Maine goes Enmaxs way, allows the Calgary-owned corporation to keep its U.S. utility, Versant Power, which it bought for US$1.3B.