Mainers will vote on replacing for-profit utilities with public power

Published on October 30, 2023

Many people, and not just climate advocates, have wished they could make their utility company disappear. On November 7, the people of Maine may actually do that. A ballot initiative will offer voters an unprecedented chance to revoke the license to operate held by the state’s two for-profit, investor-owned…

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