Opinion: Local mayors skeptical of CMP/Versant takeover legislation

SUN JOURNAL • June 27, 2021

Over the past month, there has been much debate in Augusta over whether Maine should forcibly seize the assets of Central Maine Power and Versant Power and establish a new governmental entity dubbed “Pine Tree Power” to take ownership of Maine’s electric grid. As local mayors, we believe this proposal would hurt local government and our constituents, and we urge Maine lawmakers to reject LD 1708 when they return to the State House later this month. ~ Mark Cayer is mayor of Lewiston, Jason Levesque is mayor of Auburn, Michael Foley is mayor of Westbrook, and David Rollins is mayor of Augusta