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V O L . X X I I I N O. X X V I O C T O B E R 3 0 , 2 0 1 7 24 F O C U S MB: In other words, diversify the mix? SB: Yes. And they have a particular interest in clean energy. If you do a little research you can go back and look at what the grid's fuel mix was in 2000, compared to, say, 2016. In 2000, natural gas was 15%. And in 2016 it was 49%. In 2000, nuclear was 31%, and in 2016 it was 31%. In 2000, hydro was 7% and in 2016 it was 7%. Coal in 2000 was 18% and in 2016 it was 2% and oil was 2% and it's now 1%. What becomes evident is that the coal and oil percentages have moved over to natural gas. But the one that is most interesting to me is that in 2000 renew- ables were 8% and today they're 10%. So even though we've talked about it enormously over the past decade we've moved renewable energy only 2 percentage points since 2000. MB: CMP's role, as a transmission provider, is to get that clean power to the market? SB: Exactly right. ere were a lot of ideas renewable companies presented to us, some of them far more thought out than others. We ended up choos- ing two partners and we've put in two bids: One with Hydro-Quebec and Commercial site preparation Heavy highway and utility work Pavement production, installation and sales CROOKER' S YELLOW TRUCK S ARE READY TO ROLL! Serving contractors, municipalities, and private enterprises statewide 207-729-3331 www.Crooker.com ยป C O N T I N U E D F RO M P R E V I O U S PA G E F I L E P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY Sara Burns, CMP president and CEO, in the energy control center at CMP in Augusta. CMP monitors and controls Maine's high voltage elctric grid in the center.