NgoSeptemba 18, abaxhasi batshintsha i-arhente yamandla kawonkewonke kunye nenkampani yamandla ephethwe ngabatyalo-mali baseMaine kwaye benza isicelo kwi-Ofisi kaNobhala kaRhulumente.
Abaxhasi bathenge iinkampani zamandla eziphethwe ngabatyalo-mali ababini eMaine kwaye batshintshela amaqumrhu karhulumente, kwaye baqalise ukusebenza nzima ukuzisa umcimbi kubavoti kunyaka ozayo.
Abaxhasi bee-arhente zolawulo lwamandla abathengi benze isicelo kwi-Ofisi kaNobhala kaRhulumente ngoSeptemba 18. Umxholo uthi:
“Ngaba uyafuna ukwenza into engenzi nzuzo, into esetyenziswa ngabathengi ebizwa ngokuba yiMaine Power Delivery Authority ukuze ithathe indawo yezixhobo ezibini zabatyali-mali ezibizwa ngokuba yiCentral Maine Power kunye neVersant (Amandla), kunye nokuLawulwa yibhodi yabalawuli? Ngaba wonyulwe ngabavoti baseMaine kwaye kufuneka agxile ekwehliseni inzala, ekuphuculeni ukuthembeka kunye neenjongo zemozulu zaseMaine?
UNobhala weLizwe kufuneka enze isigqibo sokusebenzisa olu lwimi ngaphambi kwe-9 ka-Oktobha. Ukuba ivunyiwe ngendlela yayo yangoku, abameli banokuthi baqalise ukusasaza izicelo kunye nokuqokelela iisignesha.
Ngenxa yeempazamo ezahlukeneyo ze-CMP (kuquka ulawulo olulambathayo lwamatyala kunye nokulibaziseka ekubuyiselweni kombane emva kwezaqhwithi), isiphithiphithi sabarhafi sifake amandla amatsha kwiinzame zokuseka inkampani yamandla karhulumente.
Ubusika obudlulileyo, i-legislature yazisa i-bill eyenzelwe ukubeka isiseko sokutshintshwa kwabasemagunyeni. Nangona kunjalo, lo mlinganiso wahlehliswa ngumxhasi wayo oyintloko, u-Rep. Seth Berry (D. Bowdoinham), ukuqhuba isifundo ngoJulayi ukuphumelela imvume yeBhunga lezoMthetho. Ngaphandle kokuba abenzi bomthetho badibane kwakhona phambi kokuphela konyaka, umthetho oyilwayo uya kufa kwaye kuya kufuneka upasiswe ngo-2021.
Omnye wabasityikityileyo isicelo sovoto nguJohn Brautigam, owayesakuba yingqungquthela kunye nomncedisi wegqwetha jikelele. Ngoku uyintloko yeSebe loMbane waseMaine kubantu baseMaine, umbutho wokukhuthaza abantu baseMaine ukukhuthaza ubunini babathengi.
"Singena kwixesha lokufakelwa kombane okuluncedo, okuza kuzisa inzuzo enkulu kwimozulu, ingqesho kunye noqoqosho lwethu," utshilo uBrautigam kwingxelo ngoLwesibini. “Ngoku, kufuneka sibe nencoko malunga nendlela yokuxhasa ngemali nokulawula ukwandiswa kwegridi ezayo. Inkampani yabathengi ibonelela ngenkxaso-mali ephantsi, yonga amawaka ezigidi zeerandi kwaye yenza iMainers ibe yeyona nto iphambili.
Amandla omthengi ayiyonto intsha eMelika. Kukho malunga nama-900 ookopolotyeni abangenzi nzuzo abasebenzela isiqingatha selizwe. EMaine, iinkampani ezincinci zamandla zabathengi ziquka iKennebunks Lighting kunye neSithili saMandla, iMadison Power Company, kunye neHorton Water Company.
Igunya labathengi aliqhutywa ngamaqumrhu karhulumente. Ezi nkampani zinyule okanye zonyule iibhodi zabalawuli kwaye zilawulwa ziingcali. UBerry kunye nabaxhasi bamandla omthengi babenombono we-arhente ebizwa ngokuba yiBhodi yoThutho lwaMandla eMaine eya kusebenzisa iibhondi eziphantsi kwesivuno ukuthenga i-CMP kunye ne-Versant izakhiwo, kubandakanywa nezibonda ezisetyenziswayo, iingcingo kunye nezitishi. Ixabiso lilonke leenkampani ezimbini eziluncedo malunga ne-US$4.5 yebhiliyoni.
Usihlalo wesigqeba se-CMP uDavid Flanagan uthe uphando lwabathengi lubonisa ukuba abantu abaninzi bathandabuza kakhulu kwiinkampani eziluncedo zikarhulumente. Uthe unethemba lokuba lo mlinganiso uya koyiswa ngabavoti “nokuba kukho utyikityo olwaneleyo” lokuvota.
UFlanagan uthe: "Sisenokungafezekanga, kodwa abantu bayathandabuza ukuba urhulumente angenza ngcono."