Column: Much could go wrong with government ownership of CMP, Versant

MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • June 13, 2021

It’s easy for supporters of Pine Tree Power to claim they’re against a monopoly, but that’s not really the case, because the legislation as written doesn’t break one up. Instead, it potentially makes it larger. While it might be easy to bash Central Maine Power these days, there’s no reason to believe that the hypothetical Pine Tree Power would do any better providing the state with cheap, reliable electricity. ~ Jim Fossel