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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) A proposal to buy out the state’s two major electric utilities and form a public utility drew passionate testimony Thursday from scores of people who waited patiently to address lawmakers.
Critics portrayed the proposal as a “government takeover” of Maine’s utility grid that would be costly and carry no guarantee of improved service.
But Rep. Seth Berry, the bill’s sponsor, said it’s time to be freed of foreign-investor owned utilities and chart a new path. Central Maine Power is owned by a Spanish utility, while Versant Power’s corporate parent is in Canada.
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