Mainers reject Pine Tree Power initiative
Ellsworth voters rejected the initiative by a steep margin, with approximately 70 percent voting against the proposal. That was similar to statewide figures.
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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 state's 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.