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Adams investigation finds no conflict
A citizen group had asked the attorney general to investigate Adams, the former Maine Public Utilities Commission chairman, after the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting reported that he had been granted 1.2 million units of equity in wind power company First Wind while he was still on the state's payroll in April 2008.
June 3, 2010
by Naomi Schalit
in Maine Center for Public Interest
An investigation by Maine Attorney General Janet Mills has concluded that the state's former chief utilities regulator, Kurt Adams, broke no laws when he accepted a job offer and securities from a prominent wind power developer while still head of his agency.
A citizen group had asked the attorney general to investigate Adams, the former Maine Public Utilities Commission chairman, after the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting reported that he had been granted 1.2 million units of equity in wind power company First Wind while he was still on the state's payroll in April 2008.
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