Credit: NCM The Mayor of Waterville, Jay Coelho, said the tax increase would be "significant" on his side of the river as well. Members of the public and stakeholders in this issue raised questions about the procedure in which the DMR conducted this process. Brookfield Renewable Partners owns those four dams on the Kennebec and has been critical in the DMR's Governor Janet Mills administrations' handling of this amendment. It filed a lawsuit against the DMR last week. "As the one of the many stakeholders and affected parties who were opposed to the plan, Brookfield Renewable, looks forward to receiving more information directly from MDMR regarding the withdrawal of the 2020 Amendment, along with their intentions to pursue future changes. We remain committed to working with the broad coalition of people who live, work, and recreate within the Kennebec region, who support balancing the river's natural resources,” Brookfield Renewable Partners Stakeholder Relations Manager Miranda Kessel told NEWS CENTER Maine.