TIMES RECORD • July 6, 2022
Brunswick and Topsham residents will be some of the first Mainers to benefit from a 2019 law that requires power companies to work with the state to explore alternatives to large wire projects, according to a press release from the Office of the Public Advocate. Instead of constructing taller polls and higher voltage lines in Brunswick and Topsham to upgrade the existing energy grid, Central Maine Power will work with Efficiency Maine Trust and local organizations and businesses to install one or more batteries and make other energy efficiency improvements and reliability upgrades, according to Andrew Landry, deputy public advocate.