Letter: Maine needs legislation to support utility customers

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 1, 2022

The Legislature is considering a bill, LD 318, which would supposedly provide better options to electric service customers. However, I want to encourage our state legislators to please take another look at the measure before signing it into law. As written, the bill would open up our electric utility marketplace and beckon out-of-state providers to participate. The research I’ve found suggests that this will raise rates yet again. We cannot absorb another unreasonable rate increase. ~ Paul L. Armstrong, Palermo