Maine families are paying some of the highest electricity rates in America. Chuck Ellis sits down with energy expert and former gubernatorial candidate Matt Jacobson to talk about why, and who’s to blame.
Matt explains the costs of wind and solar on the coldest days, why Maine buys imported LNG while sitting a few hundred miles from cheap natural gas, the subsidies and mandates that show up on your bill, the decline from 23 paper mills to 3, and the strain heat pumps, EVs and offshore wind put on the grid. He also lays out solutions: ending subsidies, opening access to natural gas, storage, and small modular nuclear.
