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Press Releases USE OF “CONSUMER-OWNED” ONCE AGAIN REJECTED TO DESCRIBE PINE TREE POWER

In issuing new language today that will appear on the November ballot to describe the Pine Tree Power referendum, Maine’s Secretary of ...
Press Releases SUPREME COURT REJECTS USE OF “CONSUMER-OWNED” TO DESCRIBE PROPOSED TAKEOVER OF ELECTRIC GRID

Although the ballot question issued by the Secretary of State will now have to be rewritten, the Supreme Court Justices clearly rejected ...
Press Releases IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: PINE TREE POWER PROPONENTS ATTACK SMALL BUSINESS OWNER

The Bangor Daily News reported today that the owner of the A1 Diner in Gardiner has come under fire from the Pine Tree Power campaign after ...
Press Releases JUDGE THROWS OUT LATEST ATTEMPT BY PINE TREE POWER TO AVOID ACCOUNTABILITY

A judge in Maine today rejected the most recent attempt by the Pine Tree Power campaign to avoid voter approval of the cost of their ...
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 ...