Maine residents will vote Tuesday on a ballot measure that would dissolve its investor-owned utilities and replace them with a nonprofit.
Source: Growing U.S. anger with electric utilities finds its epicenter in Maine
give nebraska has been public owned for a while, it could be used to see how things compare to private for-profit utilities. maybe good government means providing basic services like electricty, water, sewage, etc.
“Publicly owned utilities are not a new idea. They are operating in 2,000 communities, providing electricity to 49 million people, according to the American Public Power Association. But they are generally small outfits, serving a city or county as opposed to an entire state. An exception is Nebraska, where there have not been any investor-owned utilities since 1946.
