Legislature to again weigh whether clean energy subsidies are helping or harming Maine ratepayers • Maine Morning Star

Legislature to again weigh whether clean energy subsidies are helping or harming Maine ratepayers • Maine Morning Star

Solar panels in Damariscotta, Maine. (Photo by Evan Houk/ Maine Morning Star)Republican lawmakers are seeking once again to repeal a utility program that they say is not only unnecessary for achieving climate goals, but is contributing to higher energy costs for Mainers.  “It seems that if we are trying to save the environment, which seems to be my colleagues’ on the other side of the aisle’s argument, there are better ways to do it,” said Senat…