BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 18, 2023
Versant and Central Maine Power are some of the least popular mid-sized and large utilities in the nation. Versant is owned by Enmax, which is owned by the city of Calgary in Canada, whose residents enjoy electric rates half of the 28 cents per kilowatt hour Versant now charges. Where’s all that money going? Probably to pave sidewalks, build skating rinks and keep taxes low in Calgary. It’s more than ironic. The “government takeover” of our utilities has already happened. It just wasn’t our government. ~ Gary Friedmann, Town councilor, Bar Harbor