BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 18, 2024
I’m concerned about LD 2172, new legislation calling for the Maine Public Utilities Commission to use “performance based metrics and rate adjustment mechanisms.” To me, this disrupts a process to make utilities more accountable that began last legislative session and is barely underway. The PUC would also need to reconsider how the utilities are advancing the state’s climate goals at a time when so much of this work is already being done. The supply price of electricity is through the roof. Legislators should focus on how to get those costs under control. ~ Scott McIntire, Alna