TIMES RECORD • October 30, 2023
Too often, those siding with Central Maine Power against Question 3 say regulation is the answer. The problem is, we’ve tried this for 120 years. It hasn’t worked, because it’s not designed to. It was the investor-owned utility industry that created the modern PUC. They did it to protect monopoly profits, and to slow the spread of public power. Gov. Percival Baxter championed public power. We are also not choosing between the PUC and Pine Tree Power. If Question 3 is approved this Nov. 7, we will have both. ~ Seth Berry