Testimony In Opposition to LD 1187, “An Act to Create the Maine Energy Cost Reduction Authority” and LD 1262, “An Act to Reduce Energy Costs”

Senator Cleveland and Representative Hobbins,NRCM believes these bills as written give the government too much power to commit Maine to a greater dependence on natural gas. Even aside from the specific details of the bills, we believe Maine should proceed with extreme caution in making long-term commitments to imported fossil fuels, given our state’s goals of increasing energy independen...