Advocates of consumer-owned power utility unveil plan to oust CMP, Versant A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and advocates is touting a proposal to revoke the monopoly status of the state’s 2 largest power distribution companies and force them to sell their assets to a consumer-owned nonprofit. Share Staffers with Our Power remove signs in Augusta after a news conference on Monday about legislation to create a consumer-owned nonprofit power utility in Maine that would be overseen by an elected board. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal A consumer-owned, nonprofit corporation would take over for electric companies Central Maine Power and Versant Power under a bill announced Monday by a bipartisan group of Maine legislators and advocates for a locally owned utility.