Category: Testimony & Comments

  • Preserve Rural Maine Comments to DOER on the Transmission Infrastructure Study

    The Maine Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has been conducting Stakeholder Group meetings to discuss the Maine Transmission Infrastructure Study. The study is expected to be completed this fall. As a member of the Stakeholder Group, Preserve Rural Maine offered the following comments to the DOER.

  • Preserve Rural Maine Testimony Opposing LD 838

    “An Act to Establish the Maine Clean Energy Authority” Written testimony submitted to the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee: January 20, 2026 Testimony in Opposition to LD 838, “An Act to Establish the Maine Clean Energy Authority” Senator Lawrence, Representative Sachs, and distinguished members of the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology, My…

  • Preserve Rural Maine Submits Testimony Opposing LD 810

    LD 810 – An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines Senator Lawrence, Representative Sachs, and Members of the Energy, Utilities, and Technology Committee: My name is Tanya Blanchard, and I am the President of Preserve Rural Maine (PRM).  PRM is an organization dedicated to preserving the communities, cultures, and environmental integrity of rural Maine.…

  • Preserve Rural Maine Submits Testimony Opposing LD 596

    LD 596, Resolve, to Provide Legislative Approval of Northern Maine Transmission Infrastructure Senator Lawrence, Representative Sachs, and Members of the Energy, Utilities, and Technology Committee: Preserve Rural Maine writes to express our opposition to LD 596. I am writing on behalf of Preserve Rural Maine, an organization dedicated to protecting the communities, cultures, and environment…