In November we are facing a major question about who controls and operates our electricity supply net.

The point is raised, among others, by our governor, that the proposed board to oversee the electricity net operators would be another layer of control, a burden on the consumers.

This is a short-sighted view. The point of this whole exercise is to put the profits in the hands of Maine residents, who are also the customers, instead of the overseas conglomerate.

The current three-person Public Utilities Commission would be wholly inadequate to represent the customers. It has not shown that it is truly representing Maine residents’ interests.

I have been around for many years, and have seen how electricity supply nets could be a very profitable business. Why do people think Central Maine Power’s front PR company has spent over $15 million, so far, fighting this proposal?

Peter van Oosten, Greene