Andrew Blunt

Climate organizer. Tweets are my own

[Andrew Blunt @AndrewBluntME]

@aropeik @mit_esi @mainemonitor Congrats, Annie! Excited to read it

[Andrew Blunt @AndrewBluntME]

👀👀👀👀 @OurPowerMaine!
#mepolitics

[Andrew Blunt @AndrewBluntME]

@JudyofLongHill No one is saying that it will be eliminated. But it will finally be contingent on service quality. Seems reasonable to me!

[Andrew Blunt @AndrewBluntME]

@bangordailynews While this increase is on the supply side, there’s nothing forcing our utilities to pass those costs directly onto the consumer. Mainers are struggling and they refuse to stabilize costs if it means a hit to their profits.... 🙄🙄

[Andrew Blunt @AndrewBluntME]

Yesterday, we @OurPowerMaine turned in over 80,000 signatures for our ballot question to oust Maine's for-profit power companies, CMP and Versant, and create a customer-owned utility.

I'm still in awe. #mepolitics

[Art History Memes for Aesthetic Fiends @ArtMemeLord]

Electricity bill.
Oil on canvas.

[Andrew Blunt @AndrewBluntME]

Who’s going to tell them.... 😶😶 @OurPowerMaine

[Ben Berke @BenBerke6]

This is the most based idea I've seen in the Globe in years

[Andrew Blunt @AndrewBluntME]

Remember: CMP is currently spending $1 million per month on misinformation campaigns against @OurPowerMaine.

[Pine Tree Power @PineTreePower_]

.@MYCJ_coalition's Emily Rochford makes a key point in
@bangordailynews:

"Our Power may not have corporate cash, but we do have people power. That’s the power Maine voters believe in."

https://t.co/FyFL6bAe6x

#MEPolitics #PeopleOverCorporations #ClimateActionNow

[Pine Tree Power @PineTreePower_]

Avangrid's astroturf front group Maine Affordable Energy says it would cost $13.5B to buy out the investor-owned parts of Maine's grid.

But Avangrid reported total assets of $5.2B for CMP in their 2021 annual report.

Doesn't add up, does it?

#MEPolitics #FunnyMath

[Pine Tree Power @PineTreePower_]

David Mahoney from Greenville on CMP's tone-deaf rate hike request:

"A company that is neither Maine nor American owned has no idea, or concern, for the issues of the folks who actually live in their company’s service area."

#MEPolitics #DumpCMP

https://t.co/vxgp1lk3zn

[Andrew Blunt @AndrewBluntME]

CMP released their quarterly profits this week, and guess what? They're sending almost $450,000 each day to their shareholders at Avangrid!

Check it out here: https://t.co/8I1JOBoDJz

[Andrew Blunt @AndrewBluntME]

@MaineMillennial 95% of the way to the signatures we need to qualify for the ballot! 2023 here we come.

[Pine Tree Power @PineTreePower_]

Senate just approved legislation that would make new and expanded energy tax credits available for projects owned and operated by tax-exempt entities like Pine Tree Power.

House votes on the IRA 8/12.

https://t.co/0iv1tg9BLX

#MEPolitics #UtilityAccountability #IRA

[David Konisky @DavidKonisky]

A good time to remember that most states do not prohibit electric utilities from disconnecting customers during times of excessive heat.

[Andrew Blunt @AndrewBluntME]

Not too late to bring them back... 🚃🚃

[Corey Templeton @coreytempleton]

A bit of rail from an old trolley line visible on Spring Street. In addition to safe and efficient transportation around the peninsula, trolleys also used to connect cities and towns all around Maine. #PortlandME

[Pine Tree Power @PineTreePower_]

If you ever wonder why @cmpco is America's worst-rated utility each year, this is why: decision-making is driven by one primary goal: deliver maximum earnings to @Avangrid each and every quarter.

#MEPolitics #AvanGreed

https://t.co/zV7vCtRIoo

[Pine Tree Power @PineTreePower_]

Ready to fight back against the powerful utility corporations from away squeezing Mainers?

Done with
@cmpco
taking $180M+ annual profit and giving us rock bottom service?

Volunteer today to collect signatures: https://t.co/s5GL95NMIQ

#MEPolitics #UtilityAccountability

[Pine Tree Power @PineTreePower_]

Looks like @versantpower is battling @cmpco to see who can get the lowest Google rating. Race is a dead heat at 1.5 stars out of 5.

If these sorry companies had to actually compete in a marketplace they'd be out of business in weeks.

#MEPolitics #UtilityAccountability

[Pine Tree Power @PineTreePower_]

People sometimes think that a consumer-owned utility is a new, radical idea. But they've been around for a long time--28% of Americans are served by consumer-owned or public utilities. Maine has 9.

It's a proven business model that works.

#MEPolitics #UtilityAccountability

[Pine Tree Power @PineTreePower_]

Climate change is pushing our neglected grid to the breaking point: “We’ve let our infrastructure decay to the point where we have these failures.”

Letting profit-driven utility corporations manage critical infrastructure has failed.

#MEPolitics

https://t.co/vqzeE02Cqg