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- Graham Platner, Senate candidate, unveiled an energy plan that freezes gasoline and diesel taxes and funds transportation with a billionaire wealth tax.
- The plan proposes a windfall profits tax on oil and natural-gas firms and a fee on electric and hybrid vehicles.
- Platner says Maine households saw electricity rates rise $900 winter from the prior year.
- His proposal does not address Maine’s data-center moratorium, a point other candidates have discussed.
