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Press Releases JUDGE THROWS OUT LATEST ATTEMPT BY PINE TREE POWER TO AVOID ACCOUNTABILITY

Press Releases “PINE TREE POWER: A RISK MAINERS CAN’T AFFORD, EVAH”

A new TV ad that highlights the risks of a government takeover of the electric grid hit the airwaves in Maine this morning. The ad from the ...
Press Releases NO BLANK CHECKS STATEMENT ON PINE TREE POWER LAWSUIT AGAINST MAINE OFFICIALS

The campaign behind a plan to seize Maine’s electric grid and create a government-run power company filed a lawsuit against Maine’s ...
Press Releases BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR GOVERNMENT UTILITY TAKEOVER RELEASED

Maine’s Secretary of State released the official ballot language for a proposal to seize the state’s utilities and create a ...
Press Releases NO BLANK CHECKS PROPOSAL HEADED TO NOVEMBER VOTE

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced today that she had certified more than enough signatures to qualify the No Blank Checks ...
Press Releases NO BLANK CHECKS CAMPAIGN SUBMITS SIGNATURES FOR 2023 REFERENDUM

The No Blank Checks campaign today submitted over 93,000 signatures to the Maine Secretary of State in support of a referendum next year ...
Press Releases 6,000 MEMBER MAINE LABOR GROUP ANNOUNCES OPPOSITION TO TAKEOVER OF ELECTRIC GRID

The 6,000 member Maine State Building and Construction Trades Council announced this week they are joining labor unions, business groups, ...
Press Releases PROPOSAL FOR STATE TAKEOVER OF CMP, VERSANT OPPOSED BY BUSINESS, LABOR, THOUSANDS OF MAINERS

A proposal to seize Versant Power and Central Maine Power to form a government-run utility has been met with widespread opposition—from ...
Press Releases NEW STATEWIDE POLL SHOWS MAINERS THINK A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF UTILITIES WILL DRIVE UP BILLS

A new statewide poll of likely voters in Maine found that an overwhelming majority believe a takeover of the state’s electric utilities ...
Press Releases COALITION OPPOSING STATE TAKEOVER OF ELECTRIC GRID ANNOUNCES MEMBERS

The Maine Affordable Energy Coalition announced today that over 8,200 Mainers and dozens of organizations and small businesses have joined ...
Press Releases Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine Announces Opposition to Government-Controlled Power Proposal

In the post, SAM announced their opposition to the proposed seizure of Central Maine Power and Versant to form a government-run power ...
Press Releases ICYMI: Maine AFL-CIO Opposes Referendum To Seize Utilities

The Maine AFL-CIO’s Executive Board has voted to oppose a proposed referendum to replace Maine’s two primary utilities with a ...