A ranar 18 ga Satumba, magoya bayan sun maye gurbin hukumar samar da wutar lantarki da kamfanin samar da wutar lantarki mallakar masu zuba jari na Maine tare da gabatar da bukatar ofishin sakataren gwamnati.
Magoya bayan sun sayi kamfanonin samar da wutar lantarki mallakar wasu masu zuba jari biyu a Maine tare da maye gurbinsu da hukumomin gwamnati, kuma sun fara aiki tukuru don ganin an kai batun ga masu kada kuri’a a shekara mai zuwa.
Magoya bayan hukumomin kula da wutar lantarki mallakar mabukaci sun nemi ofishin Sakataren Gwamnati a ranar 18 ga Satumba. Abin da ke ciki shine:
"Shin kuna son ƙirƙirar wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta, mai amfani da mabukaci da ake kira Maine Power Delivery Authority don maye gurbin kayan aikin masu zuba jari biyu da ake kira Central Maine Power and Versant (Power), kuma Kwamitin gudanarwa ke kulawa?Masu jefa ƙuri'a na Maine ne suka zaɓa kuma dole ne su mai da hankali kan rage yawan kuɗin ruwa, inganta aminci da manufofin yanayi na Maine?
Dole ne Sakataren Gwamnati ya yanke shawarar yin amfani da wannan harshe kafin 9 ga Oktoba. Idan an amince da shi a halin yanzu, masu ba da shawara za su iya fara rarraba koke da kuma tattara sa hannu.
Sakamakon kurakurai daban-daban na CMP (ciki har da rashin gudanar da lissafin kuɗi da jinkirin dawo da wutar lantarki bayan guguwa), hargitsin masu biyan haraji ya sanya sabon kuzari a ƙoƙarin kafa kamfanin samar da wutar lantarki mallakar gwamnati.
A lokacin sanyin da ya gabata, majalisar ta gabatar da wani kudirin doka da aka tsara domin kafa harsashin mika mulki ga hukumomi.Duk da haka, babban mai tallafa mata, Seth Berry (D. Bowdoinham), ya jinkirta wannan matakin don gudanar da bincike a watan Yuli don samun amincewar Majalisar Dokoki.Sai dai idan ‘yan majalisar sun sake haduwa kafin karshen shekara, kudirin zai mutu kuma zai bukaci a zartar da shi a shekarar 2021.
Daya daga cikin wadanda suka rattaba hannu kan bukatar kuri'ar raba gardama shine John Brautigam, tsohon dan majalisa kuma mataimakin babban lauya.Yanzu shi ne shugaban Sashen Wutar Lantarki na Maine don Mutanen Maine, ƙungiyar bayar da shawarwari ga mutanen Maine don haɓaka ikon mallakar mabukaci.
"Muna shiga wani zamani na samar da wutar lantarki mai fa'ida, wanda zai kawo babbar fa'ida ga yanayi, aiki da tattalin arzikinmu," in ji Brautigam a cikin wata sanarwa a ranar Talata.“Yanzu, muna buƙatar tattaunawa kan yadda za mu samar da kuɗi da sarrafa faɗaɗa grid mai zuwa.Kamfanin mabukaci mallakar mabukaci yana ba da kuɗi mai rahusa, yana ceton biliyoyin daloli tare da sanya Mainers ya zama babban ƙarfi."
Ikon mabukaci ba sabon ra'ayi bane a Amurka.Akwai kusan ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwar sa-kai 900 da ke hidimar rabin ƙasar.A Maine, ƙananan kamfanonin wutar lantarki na mabukaci sun haɗa da Kennebunk Lighting and Power District, Madison Power Company, da Horton Water Company.
Hukumomin mallakar mabukaci ba sa gudanar da ayyukan gwamnati.Waɗannan kamfanoni sun nada ko zaɓen shugabannin gudanarwa kuma ƙwararru ne ke sarrafa su.Berry da masu ba da shawara kan ikon mabukaci sun hango wata hukuma da ake kira Maine Power Transmission Board wacce za ta yi amfani da ramukan ƙima don siyan kayan aikin CMP da Versant, gami da sandunan amfani, wayoyi, da wuraren zama.Jimillar darajar kamfanonin biyu ta kai kusan dalar Amurka biliyan 4.5.
Shugaban zartarwa na CMP David Flanagan ya ce binciken kwastomomi ya nuna cewa mutane da yawa na da matukar shakku kan kamfanonin samar da ababen more rayuwa mallakar gwamnati.Ya ce yana fatan masu kada kuri'a za su kayar da matakin "ko da akwai isassun sa hannu" don kada kuri'a.
Flanagan ya ce: "Wataƙila ba za mu zama cikakke ba, amma mutane suna shakkar gwamnati za ta iya yin mafi kyau."