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Public Power, a two vote flip, still alive with June 30 deadline
Connie Hayes Sun, 06/27/2021 - 9:00pm
What caused our Senators, elected by us to represent our interests, to block us from deciding which PUBLIC should own a public utility? Pine Tree Power, Our Power, did not die when two senators flipped their votes. Though L.D. 1708, the Act To Create the Pine Tree Power Company, a Nonprofit Utility, To Deliver Lower Rates, Reliability and Local Control for
Maine
NOT true!
The bill calls for a referendum, intended for this November, to allow us, we-the-people, to decide. But the Maine Senate last week failed to enact the bill by one vote, 18 against to 17 in favor. (Just before the vote, two Senators changed their minds from yes to no .)