PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 14, 2023
Joseph Purington, Central Maine Power’s CEO and president, brushed aside the beating his company and Versant Power took during the campaign at the hands of advocates for Pine Tree Power, the name of the proposed public power company. Critics had blasted the utilities, which together provide electricity to 97% of Maine, as out-of-touch and profit-driven, responsible for frequent outages and excessively high electricity rates. Purington said, “It really just validated what we’ve been focused on the last couple of years.”