PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 4, 2021
While Central Maine Power boasts “Flip a switch and we’re there,” Mainers experience the highest frequency of power outages in the country and are without power for longer periods than other U.S. households. Additionally, CMP mismanaged rollout of its billing system and is attempting to build a widely unpopular transmission line from Quebec. As CMP branded its proposed transmission corridor as a mechanism to deliver clean energy, it actively lobbied against legislative efforts to substantiate that claim. From 2010 to 2018, CMP actively fought efforts to increase solar energy use in Maine. Without accountability, CMP will continue to be the largest obstacle Maine faces in its goals to provide reliable power to its people and combat climate change. ~ Vaughan Woodruff, former CEO of Insource Renewables