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Committees funded almost entirely by the state's 2 largest electricity providers spent more than $136 per vote to defeat a nonprofit power company proposal, while proponents spent less than $10 per vote on their losing campaign.
Committees funded almost entirely by the state's two largest electricity providers spent more than $136 per vote to defeat a nonprofit power company proposal, while proponents spent less than $10 per vote on their losing campaign.
Question 3 looked to establish the Pine Tree Power Company through a forced buyout of Central Maine Power and Versant Power.
The owners of Maine's largest power companies have spent more than $37 million to defeat Question 3, while the leading supporter of a public utility takeover has spent just over $1 million.
Maine ballot questions handle everything from amending constitutional language to settling a debate among residents over utilities.