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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 t...

Pine Tree Power: What it would take for proposed utility company to take over Proponents of the plan say the transition could take place as soon as 2025. Opponents predict a lengthy and costly legal battle with CMP and Versant. Author: Hannah Dineen (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 7:06 PM EDT July 7, 2021 Updated: 7:06 PM EDT July 7, 2021 MAINE, USA — There are a lot of things that would have to happen in order for the Pine Tree Power Company, a proposed nonprofit, privately operated utility company, to replace Central Maine Power and Versant P...

Run by an elected board, the new company would take over the transmission systems now owned by Central Maine Power and Versant.

In Testimony Before Committee, Governor Mills Calls for Passage of Bipartisan Legislation Creating Maine Connectivity Authority April 27, 2021 Unveiled by Governor Mills yesterday, the legislation would put Maine in driver’s seat in expanding access to affordable broadband with goal of achieving universal availability in Maine Testifying before the Legislature’s Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology this morning, Governor Janet Mills called for passage of legislation to establish the Maine Connectivity Authority, a new entity that would be charged with achieving universal availabi...