Ku ya 18 Nzeri, abaterankunga basimbuye ikigo gishinzwe ingufu rusange n’isosiyete ikora amashanyarazi ifitwe n’abashoramari ba Maine maze basaba ibiro by’umunyamabanga wa Leta.
Abamushyigikiye baguze amasosiyete y’amashanyarazi afite abashoramari babiri muri Maine bayasimbuza ibigo bya Leta, batangira gukora cyane kugira ngo iki kibazo kizatorwa ku batora umwaka utaha.
Ku ya 18 Nzeri, abashyigikiye ibigo bishinzwe imicungire y’amashanyarazi basabye ibiro by’umunyamabanga wa Leta.Ibikubiyemo ni:
Ati: "Urashaka gushyiraho inyungu idaharanira inyungu, ifitwe n'abaguzi yitwa Maine Power Delivery Authority kugirango isimbuze ibikorwa bibiri bifite abashoramari bitwa Central Maine Power na Versant (Power), kandi bikagenzurwa n'inama y'ubutegetsi? Ese abatorwa na Maine kandi bagomba kwibanda ku kugabanya igipimo cy’inyungu, kuzamura ubwizerwe n’intego z’ikirere cya Maine? ”
Umunyamabanga wa Leta agomba gufata icyemezo cyo gukoresha uru rurimi mbere yitariki ya 9 Ukwakira.Niba byemejwe mu buryo ubu, abunganira abandi bashobora gutangira gutanga ibyifuzo no gukusanya imikono.
Bitewe namakosa atandukanye ya CMP (harimo gucunga nabi fagitire no gutinda kugarura amashanyarazi nyuma yumuyaga), imvururu z’abasoreshwa zagize imbaraga nshya mu bikorwa byo gushinga sosiyete ikora amashanyarazi ya Leta.
Mu gihe cy'itumba ryashize, inteko ishinga amategeko yashyizeho umushinga w'itegeko rigamije gushyiraho urufatiro rwo kwimukira mu bayobozi. Icyakora, iki cyemezo cyasubitswe n’umuterankunga wacyo mukuru, Depite Seth Berry (D. Bowdoinham), kugira ngo akore ubushakashatsi muri Nyakanga kugira ngo yemeze Inama y’Abadepite. Keretse niba abadepite bongeye guhura mbere yuko umwaka urangira, umushinga w'itegeko uzapfa kandi uzakenera gutorwa mu 2021.
Umwe mu bashyize umukono ku cyifuzo cya referendumu ni John Brautigam wahoze ari kongere akaba n'umushinjacyaha mukuru wungirije. Ubu ni umuyobozi w'ishami rishinzwe amashanyarazi rya Maine ku baturage ba Maine, umuryango uharanira inyungu za Maine kugira ngo uteze imbere abaguzi.
Ku wa kabiri, Brautigam yagize ati: "Turi mu bihe byo gukwirakwiza amashanyarazi bifite akamaro, bizazana inyungu nini ku kirere, akazi ndetse n'ubukungu bwacu." Ati: “Ubu, dukeneye kugirana ikiganiro ku buryo bwo gutera inkunga no gucunga kwagura imiyoboro iri imbere. Isosiyete ifasha abaguzi itanga inkunga ihendutse, izigama amamiliyaridi y’amadolari kandi bituma Mainers iba imbaraga zikomeye. ”
Imbaraga z'umuguzi ntabwo ari igitekerezo gishya muri Amerika. Hariho amakoperative agera kuri 900 adaharanira inyungu akorera kimwe cya kabiri cyigihugu. Muri Maine, amasosiyete mato mato y’umuguzi arimo Kennebunks Lighting and Power District, Isosiyete ikora amashanyarazi ya Madison, na Horton Water Company.
Ubuyobozi bufite umuguzi ntabwo bukorwa ninzego za leta. Iyi sosiyete yashyizeho cyangwa yatoye inama yubuyobozi kandi icungwa ninzobere. Berry hamwe n’abunganira ingufu z’umuguzi batekereje ikigo cyitwa Maine Power Transmission Board cyakoresha ingwate zitanga umusaruro mukugura ibikorwa remezo bya CMP na Versant, harimo inkingi zingirakamaro, insinga, hamwe nubutaka. Agaciro k’amasosiyete yombi yingirakamaro agera kuri miliyari 4.5 US $.
Umuyobozi mukuru wa CMP, David Flanagan, yavuze ko ubushakashatsi bwakozwe ku bakiriya bwerekana ko abantu benshi bashidikanya cyane ku bigo bya Leta bifasha Leta. Yavuze ko yizera ko iki cyemezo kizatsindwa n’abatora “kabone niyo haba hari imikono ihagije” yo gutora.
Flanagan yagize ati: “Ntidushobora kuba intungane, ariko abantu bashidikanya ko guverinoma ishobora gukora neza.”