In just 18 months, membership in social media groups holding Central Maine Power accountable has grown to over 20,000.

While CMP may recognize that grassroots social media groups are impacting their spin and story lines, it remains doubtful that they fully understand how the political climate is changing. CMP has run roughshod over their customers, because they controlled the perceptions of politicians, media and regulators, selling themselves and their projects as “good for Maine” while delivering pitiful performance.

The social climate they operate in has changed! People are able to unite, tell their own stories and react to CMP pressures in seconds. While CMP lobbyists and spokespeople are sleeping, social media groups are still active. Never again will CMP be able to bulldoze their agendas through Maine without enormous pushback from Maine people telling the truth and exposing their doctrines of spin. Pictures and videos from cellphones will expose truths concerning billing failures, price increases, outages, customer service and New England Clean Energy Connect. Truth will increase to 100,000 or more the watchdogs overseeing CMP’s dastardly deeds.

CMP failures have highlighted the news and created several investigations into their practices. A petition asking the Public Utilities Commission to revoke CMP’s authority to operate in the state of Maine gathered over 600 signatures in just three weeks, and Rep. Seth Berry’s proposal for replacing them with a consumer-owned utility is gaining traction. The climate change is real and CMP is melting down, due to their inability to treat Maine customers honestly.

If CMP is successful in pushing through NECEC it will be the epitaph on their tombstone. The visual scar and broken promises will be a forever reminder “Don’t trust CMP”!

The Rev. Darien “Deke” Sawyer

Jackman