Letter: Maine utilities should not put foreign shareholders first

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 6, 2023

Central Maine Power and Versant Power have no incentive to help Mainers reduce our energy consumption. To the contrary, they are legally required to maximize profits for their shareholders. It makes no sense to have private corporations running our electrical utilities. I want a utility that prioritizes my family, my community and my state, not a utility that prioritizes its foreign shareholders. That’s why I’m proudly voting “yes” to establish Pine Tree Power, a utility owned by the people of Maine, to work for all of us. ~ Nick Fuller, Biddeford