PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 19, 2022
Now is the time to hold Central Maine Power and Versant — Maine’s investor-owned utilities — accountable for poor performance, and it’s long past time to modernize our electrical grid to meet Maine’s climate and energy independence needs. Mainers are counting on their elected leaders to stand up for them as corporations fail to put the needs of customers first. Never has that been more clear than it is now, as people across Maine struggle with spiking energy costs. Fortunately, Maine lawmakers have an opportunity to make progress on both fronts by passing an amended version of L.D. 1959, the governor’s utility accountability bill. ~ Sen. Stacy Brenner, Scarborough