PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 10, 2023
A Superior Court judge has ordered Maine election officials to reword a November referendum question that could create a consumer-owned electric power utility for the state. Judge MaryGay Kennedy on Friday said the state’s draft question, which used the word “quasi-governmental” to describe the proposed utility’s governance, could be misleading or confusing to voters. Our Power, a group supporting the proposal to replace Maine’s two investor-owned utilities – Versant Power and Central Maine Power – said the “quasi-governmental” description was misleading and the utility would be run by consumers.