PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 23, 2021
A political action committee bankrolled by two Texas energy companies was fined $2,500 on Monday by the Maine Ethics Commission for violating state campaign finance law. The commission voted 5-0 to impose the penalty against Mainers for Local Power, which failed to notify one of its major contributors – the Texas energy company Calpine – that the company was required to file a major contributor report with the commission because it had donated more than $100,000 to the PAC. Mainers for Local Power was formed by Calpine and Vistra Energy to oppose the New England Clean Energy Corridor and support a ballot question going to voters in November aimed at killing the project.