Gov. Janet Mills is proposing legislation to regulate Central Maine Power and Versant in a way that would reduce the number and length of power outages and protect the grid and it’s power sources from extreme weather events while also holding the utilities more financially accountable for pricing, etc..
While that makes sense, it’s missing the need to require the utilities to transition to 100% clean energy on a specific timeline. Under its former governor, Ralph Northram, Virginia passed the Virginia Clean Economy Act. It sets deadlines for its utilities to be carbon free. It also promotes offshore wind, which is unpopular in Maine but shouldn’t have been delayed since it’s major potential clean power source. Virginia promotes solar and therefore requires utilities to develop 3,100 megawatts of electrical storage capacity.
The transition away from fossil fuels should be the top regulatory requirement.
Tony Marple
Whitefield
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