Janet Mills’ veto of bill to replace CMP and Versant survives

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 19, 2021

The Legislature upheld Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of a high-profile bill to create a consumer-owned electric utility and four other bills Monday, quashing the endeavor for now but setting in motion another effort to bring the initiative directly to voters. Lawmakers this session have sustained all of Mills’ vetoes, which have spurred the ire of progressive supporters of the measures she has nixed.