Musi waGunyana 18, vatsigiri vacho vakatsiva kambani yemagetsi nekambani yemagetsi yaive nevaisiri veMaine uye vakaita chikumbiro kuHofisi yeMunyori weNyika.
Vatsigiri vacho vakatenga makambani emagetsi evaviri vemari muMaine vakatsiva nemasangano ehurumende, uye vatanga kushanda nesimba kuti vaunze nyaya iyi kuvavhoti gore rinouya.
Vatsigiri vemasangano ekutonga magetsi evatengi vakaita chikumbiro kuna Secretary of State's Office musi waGunyana 18. Zvirimo ndezvi:
"Unoda kugadzira isiri purofiti, yevatengi-inoshandiswa nevatengi inodaidzwa kuti Maine Power Delivery Authority kutsiva maviri evaridzi vezvishandiso anonzi Central Maine Power uye Versant (Simba), uye Inotariswa nebhodhi revatungamiriri? Anosarudzwa nevavhoti veMaine uye anofanirwa kutarisa kudzikisa mubereko, kuvandudza kuvimbika uye zvinangwa zvemamiriro ekunze eMaine?
Munyori weHurumende anofanira kusarudza kushandisa mutauro uyu pamberi paOctober 9. Kana akabvumirwa muchimiro chawo chazvino, vatsigiri vanogona kutanga kuparadzira zvikumbiro nokuunganidza siginicha.
Nekuda kwekukanganisa kwakasiyana kweCMP (kusanganisira kutadza kubhadharisa uye kunonoka kudzoserwa kwemagetsi mushure medutu), kusagadzikana kwevateresi kwakapinza hutsva hutsva mukuyedza kuumba kambani yemagetsi yehurumende.
Munguva yechando yapfuura, dare reparamende rakaunza bhiri rakagadzirirwa kuisa hwaro hwekuchinja kune zviremera. Zvisinei, chiyero ichi chakamiswa nemubatsiri wayo mukuru, Rep. Seth Berry (D. Bowdoinham), kuti aite chidzidzo muna July kuti awane kubvumirwa kweLegislative Council. Kunze kwekunge vamiriri vemitemo vasangana zvakare gore risati rapera, bhiri rinofa uye rinofanirwa kupasa muna 2021.
Mumwe wevakasaina chikumbiro chereferendamu ndiJohn Brautigam, aimbove congressman uye mubatsiri wegweta guru. Iye zvino ndiye mukuru weMaine Electricity Dhipatimendi reVanhu veMaine, sangano rinokurudzira reVanhu veMaine kusimudzira varidzi vevatengi.
"Tiri kupinda munguva yekuiswa kwemagetsi kunobatsira, izvo zvichaunza mabhenefiti makuru kumamiriro ekunze, basa nehupfumi hwedu," Brautigam akadaro mukutaura neChipiri. "Zvino, isu tinofanirwa kuita hurukuro yekuti tingaite sei mari uye nekugadzirisa iyo iri kuuya yekuwedzera grid. Kambani yevatengi inopa mari inodhura, ichichengetedza mabhiriyoni emadhora uye inoita kuti Mainers ave simba guru.
Simba revatengi haisi pfungwa itsva muUnited States. Kune angangoita 900 asiri purofiti makorasi anoshanda hafu yenyika. MuMaine, makambani madiki emagetsi evatengi anosanganisira Kennebunks Lighting uye Power District, Madison Power Company, uye Horton Water Company.
Masimba evatengi haashandiswe nemasangano ehurumende. Aya makambani akagadza kana kusarudza mabhodhi evatungamiriri uye anotungamirwa nenyanzvi. Berry uye vamiriri vemagetsi evatengi vakafungidzira sangano rainzi Maine Power Transmission Board raizoshandisa mabhondi ane goho rakaderera kutenga CMP neVersant zvivakwa, kusanganisira mapango ekushandisa, waya, uye zviteshi. Huwandu hwese hwemakambani maviri ekushandisa hunosvika US$4.5 bhiriyoni.
Sachigaro mukuru weCMP David Flanagan akati ongororo dzevatengi dzinoratidza kuti vanhu vazhinji vanokahadzika zvakanyanya nemakambani ehurumende anoshanda. Akataura kuti anotarisira kuti chiyero chichakundwa nevavhoti "kunyangwe paine masiginecha akakwana" ekuvhota.
Flanagan akati: "Tinogona kunge tisina kukwana, asi vanhu vanokahadzika kuti hurumende inogona kuita zvirinani."