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Midcoast voters largely followed the trend of voters throughout the state in rejecting the proposal to replace CMP and Versant with a consumer-owned utility.
The outcomes of state elections this week may mean more natural gas plants in Texas, greater use of climate law funds in Kentucky and the continuation of the status quo in Maine and Mississippi
Maine voters “pulled the plug” on Pine Tree Power Nov. 7 with a resounding referendum election loss. On Question 3, voters said “No” to creating a non-profit power company, 262,197 to 115,807, with 85% percent of the statewide vote reporting to the...
Question 3 proposes replacing Maine’s two investor-owned utility companies — Central Maine Power and Versant Power — with a new company called Pine Tree Power.Pine Tree Power would be run by a 13-member board, staff to support them, and a private third-party operator they would hire to manage the day-to-day operations of the grid.
In my (admittedly short) career as a journalist, I have never had as many conversations about a single topic as I have on Question 3 , the referendum on this year’s ballot asking Mainers whether they want to replace Maine’s two investor-owned...