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Faendol t1_j1dwzlu wrote

Reply to comment by monsterscallinghome in Gotta love Kennebunk Light & Power. I submitted an online report. Truck arrived in 20 minutes. Power back on within an hour by Guygan

Would that not just cause the same issue with klp eventually. Can we not just open both up to sell to the state?

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monsterscallinghome t1_j1e1z5h wrote

I'm not sure I understand your question.

KLP is a consumer-owned utility, so they have no profit motive and the consumers can vote out the board of directors if they do a shite job. And the BoD are mostly local residents, who don't want their power to be unreliable and expensive, so they have a whole lot more incentive to not suck at their jobs than a bunch of Spanish millionaires basking in the Azores (on the yachts we bought them with our absurdly high bills) while we all shiver in the dark.

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Faendol t1_j1eowq7 wrote

That's even better than I thought, admittedly I wasn't directly familiar with KLP I assumed it was a local privately owned utility. That's awesome I'd love to see that at a state level.

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monsterscallinghome t1_j1f3vdd wrote

Well, it's on the ballot next November so don't forget to vote! It's an off-year election so turnout will likely be extremely low and just a few votes could be the difference of $0.20/kwh on all of our bills.

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