Maine governor calls utility performance 'abysmal' but vetoes public power bill

摘要

Maine Gov. Janet Mills on July 13 said she vetoed a bill that would haveasked voters to approve a government-run utility, but shecharacterized the utilities' performance in the state as "abysmal" andcalled for more regulatory oversight.Lawmakers have been considering a bill that would have askedvoters to create, through a referendum, the Pine Tree Power Co., whichwould have used eminent domain to take over the assets of AvangridInc. subsidiary Central Maine Power Co. and ENMAX Corp. subsidiaryVersant Power. Avangrid is majority-owned by Spain-headquarteredIberdrola SA while ENMAX is owned by the city of Calgary, Alberta.