Comment on Firm that conducted key energy studies for Maine will be in the hot seat today

Good morning from Augusta. We’re rolling out a new design of the Daily Brief today on another platform. There were technical difficulties in sending out the email today. Here’s your soundtrack. QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Ultimately, I think the conservative nature of the state and federal bureaucracies makes it unlikely that unless a mountain lion had kittens on the governor’s car they’d admit to a breeding population in Maine, but I think the evidence is pretty compelling that a small remnant population exists in northern New England and the Maritimes,” reader Geoffrey Wingard said of the often-contested subject of whether there are mountain lions in Maine (or New England, for that matter.) Here’s your soundtrack. What we’re watching today Officials from a firm that has conducted key Maine energy studies will be questioned by lawmakers who want to stop a state payment to them.