opinion Lawmakers fail to override Mills’ veto of An Act to Create the Pine Tree Power Company; bill sponsors leave powerful message Stephanie Clifford Mon, 07/19/2021 - 8:45pm On July 19, the Legislature failed to override Governor Mills’ veto of “L.D. 1708 “An Act to Create the Pine Tree Power Company,” a bill to create a consumer-owned utility company (COU), which initially passed with bipartisan majorities in both the Maine House and Senate on June 30.
The final vote was 68-65, with many legislators absent and a bipartisan majority once again voting in support of the bill. Two Democrats who had previously voted against the bill voted today to support it: Reps. Margaret Craven (D-Lewiston) and Stephen Moriarty (D-Cumberland).