BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 26, 2022
In 2021, Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a measure that would have sent a public takeover of infrastructure owned by Maine’s two dominant electric utilities to voters. Our Power, told supporters this week they have nearly reached a goal of getting 100,000 signatures from registered Maine voters, which is more than they would need to make next year’s ballot. That has not stopped the parent company of Central Maine Power Co., the state’s biggest utility, from spending heavily in a pre-rebuttal of the effort. A political group funded by it has set aside nearly $8.3 million to oppose the consumer-owned utility idea.