Pa Seputembara 18, otsatirawa adalowa m'malo mwa bungwe lamagetsi la boma ndi kampani yamagetsi ya osunga ndalama ku Maine ndipo adapempha ku Ofesi ya Secretary of State.
Othandizira agula makampani opanga magetsi omwe ali ndi ndalama ziwiri ku Maine ndikusintha mabungwe a boma, ndipo ayamba kuyesetsa kuti abweretse nkhaniyi kwa ovota chaka chamawa.
Othandizira mabungwe oyang'anira magetsi omwe ali ndi ogula adapempha kwa Secretary of State's Office pa Seputembala 18. Zomwe zili ndi izi:
"Kodi mukufuna kupanga bungwe lopanda phindu, lokhala ndi ogula lotchedwa Maine Power Delivery Authority kuti lilowe m'malo awiri omwe ali ndi ndalama zotchedwa Central Maine Power ndi Versant (Power), ndi Kuyang'aniridwa ndi bungwe la oyang'anira? Kodi amasankhidwa ndi ovota a Maine ndipo akuyenera kuyang'ana kwambiri kutsitsa chiwongola dzanja, kukonza kudalirika komanso zolinga zanyengo za Maine?
Mlembi wa Boma ayenera kusankha kugwiritsa ntchito chinenerochi October 9 isanafike. Ngati avomerezedwa mumpangidwe wake wamakono, olimbikitsa angayambe kugawira zopempha ndi kutolera siginecha.
Chifukwa cha zolakwika zosiyanasiyana za CMP (kuphatikiza kusamalidwa bwino kwa bili komanso kuchedwa kwa kubwezeretsa mphamvu pambuyo pa mphepo yamkuntho), kusokonekera kwa okhometsa msonkho kwabweretsa mphamvu zatsopano pakuyesa kukhazikitsa kampani yamagetsi yaboma.
M'nyengo yozizira yatha, nyumba yamalamulo idakhazikitsa lamulo lokonzekera kukhazikitsa maziko akusintha kwa maulamuliro. Komabe, muyeso uwu unaimitsidwa ndi wothandizira wake wamkulu, Rep. Seth Berry (D. Bowdoinham), kuti achite kafukufuku mu July kuti apambane ndi kuvomerezedwa ndi Legislative Council. Pokhapokha ngati opanga malamulo akumananso chaka chisanathe, lamuloli lifa ndipo liyenera kuperekedwa mu 2021.
Mmodzi mwa omwe adasaina pempho la referendum anali a John Brautigam, yemwe kale anali congressman komanso wothandizira woimira boma. Iye tsopano ndi mkulu wa Dipatimenti ya Magetsi ku Maine kwa Anthu a Maine, bungwe lolimbikitsa anthu a Maine kuti alimbikitse umwini wa ogula.
"Tikulowa m'nthawi yamagetsi opindulitsa, omwe abweretse phindu lalikulu ku nyengo, ntchito komanso chuma chathu," adatero Brautigam m'mawu ake Lachiwiri. "Tsopano, tikuyenera kukambirana za momwe tingathandizire ndalama ndikuwongolera kukula kwa gridi komwe kukubwera. Kampani ina yothandiza anthu ogula imapereka ndalama zotsika mtengo, kupulumutsa mabiliyoni a madola ndi kupanga Mainers kukhala mphamvu yaikulu.”
Mphamvu za ogula si lingaliro latsopano ku United States. Pali mabungwe pafupifupi 900 osachita phindu omwe akutumikira theka la dzikolo. Ku Maine, makampani ang'onoang'ono ogula magetsi akuphatikiza Kennebunks Lighting and Power District, Madison Power Company, ndi Horton Water Company.
Ulamuliro wa ogula suyendetsedwa ndi mabungwe aboma. Makampaniwa amasankha kapena kusankha ma board of directors ndipo amayendetsedwa ndi akatswiri. Othandizira mphamvu za Berry ndi ogula adawona bungwe lotchedwa Maine Power Transmission Board lomwe lingagwiritse ntchito ma bond otsika mtengo kugula zida za CMP ndi Versant, kuphatikiza mizati, mawaya, ndi malo ocheperako. Mtengo wonse wamakampani awiriwa ndi pafupifupi US $ 4.5 biliyoni.
Wapampando wamkulu wa CMP David Flanagan adati kafukufuku wamakasitomala akuwonetsa kuti anthu ambiri amakayikira kwambiri makampani omwe ali ndi boma. Ananenanso kuti akuyembekeza kuti ovota agonjetsedwa "ngakhale pali siginecha yokwanira" kuti avotere.
Flanagan adati: "Sitingakhale angwiro, koma anthu amakayikira kuti boma lingachite bwino."