PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 5, 2023
In response to Kate Dempsey’s Dec. 29 column (“2023 brings new chances to invest in Maine’s climate resilience”): We’re sick and tired of gimmicks to make us feel like the Mills administration cares about high electrical costs. We’re tired of filling out forms and groveling before Augusta bureaucrats to keep warm. Will another $450 check, with an accompanying love letter from Gov. Mills, really help? If the Mills administration really cares about high energy costs, it should work on providing more cheap, clean hydropower readily available from Canada. Mills should also stop destroying scenic mountaintops and agricultural fields and endangering our coastal fishing industries for renewable-energy generators that are not a cost-effective source of power. ~ Ted Sirois, Saco