Dr. Andrew Cook’s letter to the editor (“Now is the time to energize CMP Corridor,” March 25) shows he didn’t pay close attention during the information presented as Maine residents were preparing to vote on CMP’s proposed corridor in November 2021.

If he had, Dr. Cook would have learned that very little of the electricity that passed through the corridor would have benefited the people of Maine. Therefore, his declaration to “energize the Clean Energy Connect” is erroneous. Hopefully Dr. Cook read former state Sen. Tom Saviello’s column that was published the same day.

If the corridor had been built, Mainers’ electricity bill would have been reduced by $1.44 a year. Not even enough to buy a decent cup of coffee. CMP’s proposed corridor was for the benefit of their foreign-owned parent company’s profit, not for the people of Maine.

As much as I want to blame the outrageous price increase in most people’s electricity bills on CMP, the facts don’t support that. For most Versant and Central Maine Power customers, supply prices are set by the Maine Public Utilities Commission, which recently granted CMP’s request for an increase for customers who use the standard offer option.

As Dana Connors, president of Maine Chamber of Commerce, points on in his recent column, “the sharp increases in natural gas prices are resulting in higher electricity supply costs. Versant and CMP do not supply electricity  they can only deliver it.”

The PUC’s approved rate increase and demand at the global wholesale market are the root of the increase, and this cost is being passed along to consumers.

Linda Woods

Waterville