SUN JOURNAL • August 15, 2020
In light of the recent Maine Supreme Court decision regarding the unconstitutionality of the referendum on the NECEC, I have a few comments about this entire process. The Maine Public Utilities Commission is comprised of three people in appointed positions none of whom have any educational or practical work experience in the natural resource use/conservation sector. The “Say No to NECEC” PAC has nearly 10,000 members, takes no corporate money, and has hundreds of people, if not more, who have advanced university degrees and decades of practical experience in the natural resource use/management sector. How could this possibly be a balanced and accurate representation for Maine? ~ Richard Aishton, Farmington