KENNEBEC JOURNAL • May 14, 2023
Maine’s profit-hungry utilities CMP and Versant know that the Pine Tree Power Company would save Mainers money and make our electric grid more reliable. As a consumer-owned, non-profit enterprise with a board of directors elected and run entirely by Mainers, Pine Tree Power is better able to afford good pay for its workers, lower rates for customers, and the resources needed to strengthen and green our grid. Meanwhile, all the money it earns and spends stays in the state. It doesn’t get much better than that. That’s why CMP’s parent company Avangrid is spinning a multi-million-dollar web of lies, hiding behind an organization called Maine Affordable Energy, trying to trick voters into rejecting the deal. ~ Patrick Loftus, Litchfield