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Ellsworth voters rejected the initiative by a steep margin, with approximately 70 percent voting against the proposal. That was similar to statewide figures.

The rejection, on Tuesday’s ballot referendum, leaves the state’s electric grid in the hands of two unpopular private companies.

A proposal to create a publicly owned utility by taking over Maine's 2 big investor-owned utilities failed by a wide margin in Tuesday voting.

Maine voters faced a busy ballot on Tuesday in an off-year election. Mainers turned down an attempt to oust the states corporate-owned electric utilities, while they approved one to stop

Brunswick voters on Tuesday also joined a majority of Mainers in voting against Pine Tree Power, a publicly owned electric utility that would have replaced Central Maine Power and Versant.

If passed, Question 3 would have bought out both Central Maine Power and Versant Power in Maine, replacing them with a consumer-owned utility.

Citizen initiatives dominated the 2023 Maine election.

AUGUSTA — The following statement was issued just after 10 p.m. Nov. 7 by Avangrid, owner of Central Maine Power, as election results predicted that Question 3 to create a consumer-owned utility, Pine Tree Power, would be rejected by Maine voters. “...

Ballot initiative to transform grid backed by climate advocacy groups fails amid fears over cost and performance

The push to create a publicly-owned power grid in Maine has been struck down multiple times in the past.