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Mainers Consider Putting Electricity, Internet in Local Hands (Episode 103)
Building Local Power · Jess Del Fiacco
June 25, 202042m 21s
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Show Notes
On this episode of Building Local Power, host Jess Del Fiacco is joined by Christopher Mitchell, director of ILSR's Community Broadband Initiative, and Representative Seth Berry of Maine. Seth is the House Chair of the Maine Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology, and he is leading the call for the state to takeover Maine's two largest electric companies — including Central Maine Power, which has the distinction of being the least popular utility in the United States.
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