A state legislative committee voted in favor of a bill to create a consumer-owned utility for all of Maine. It would prompt a buyout of Maine's two, foreign-owned utilities. Central Maine Power is owned by a Spanish company and Versant is owned by a Canadian company. Sign up for our Newsletters Proponents, like Committee Chairman Seth Berry, said a new consumer-owned nonprofit called Pine Tree Power company would lower bills for the state's.
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