KENNEBEC JOURNAL • July 17, 2022
Climate change is real and it’s happening now. I’m proud that we live in a state that has developed a serious plan to address it. The plan calls for much of our economy to switch from fossil fuels to electricity a switch that will require a modern and resilient grid to bring on new supplies of renewable energy. If taking over CMP and Versant Power would make that transition happen more quickly, I’d be all for it. But I think it will do the opposite. Fighting over who owns the grid will stall the state’s climate action plan. Our planet is in trouble. We need to act now to reduce greenhouse gases, not 10 years from now. ~ Alice Stevens, West Gardiner