MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • September 18, 2022
I’m excited and hopeful as Our Power, the referendum campaign to replace Central Maine Power and Versant Power with a customer-owned utility, is getting closerto qualifying for the 2023 ballot. Maine is ready to give up corporate, shareholder-controlled utilities, but it’s not a done deal yet. A group that calls itself Maine Affordable Energy opposes Our Power and claims that a consumer-owned utility is a terrible deal for Mainers. Their ethics reports show that they are 100 percent funded by Avangrid, CMP’s out-of-state owners. They’ve spent over $8 million to fund the group, just to scare us out of taking control of the power grid. Don’t fall for it. Vote for a consumer-owned power grid. ~ Michael Trombley, Windham