DAILY BULLDOG • November 9, 2025
Between 2024 and 2025, the average electricity bill for Mainers jumped 36.3%. For the poorest Mainers, this isn’t an inconvenience — it’s a brutal choice between heat, food, or medicine. Maine’s affordability crisis didn’t just happen. It’s been the result of deliberate policy choices — and they’ve made electricity both more expensive and less reliable. The Governor and Legislature have prioritized wind and solar, though neither can affordably or reliably power our state. That is why we need an energy policy that prioritizes keeping the lights on and power the innovations that make our state successful. Without it, Mainers risk spending even more of their hard-earned money on high energy costs. ~ Matt Jacobsen, North Yarmouth