PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 13, 2022
If you’re wondering what Maine’s clean-energy future will look like, here it is. After a successful round of bids two years ago, the Legislature is set to vote on another that would do much the same thing: Bring more renewable sources of energy onto the grid while stabilizing prices and investing millions of dollars in Maine. Lawmakers shouldn’t hesitate for a moment. Replacing generators using fossil fuels with these projects will take an estimated 500,000 tons of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere each year. The 2019 law allowed Maine to add to its supply the most clean energy in decades – a truly landmark achievement that has lived up to the billing. The Legislature should pass L.D. 1350 to build on that success.