PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 14, 2021
As former commissioners of Maine’s Public Utilities Commission, we strongly oppose proposed legislation – L.D. 1708 – that would authorize a new government authority, overseen by politicians, to seize and run Central Maine Power and Versant Power. A government takeover would set back Maine’s work on climate change, trigger many years of costly litigation, and ultimately cost ratepayers tens of billions more. ~ Tom Welch and Sharon Reishus are former chairs of the Maine Public Utilities Commission; David Littell is a former commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and a former commissioner of the Maine PUC.