PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 4, 2021
A legislative committee voted 8-3 Friday to recommend the appointment of attorney Patrick Scully to the Maine Public Utilities Commission. Scully has decades of experience representing a range of industries – including paper mills, wind and solar energy companies, and water utilities – before the PUC on regulatory issues. Supporters viewed that diverse and extensive experience before the commission as particularly useful as Maine attempts to transition to a clean-energy economy. However, Republican members of the panel voiced concerns about whether Scully’s experience created a conflict of interest and bias on behalf of renewable energy.