At Legislature's 1/4/22 EUT Committee hearing, nominee Andrew Butcher gets nod as 1st prez of new Maine Connectivity Authority - after 32 minutes of questioning. and after the People put in Their 33 minutes,

Below are audio links of the  Legislature's Energy, Utilities and Techology Committee  meeting Jan 4, 2022 ,  to consider  and approve nominee Andrew Butcher of Portland for  President of the  Maine Connectivity Authority 

Part 1  EUT  Committee introductions 3min21sec 

Part 2  Hearing rules considered. 3min 41sec

Part 3 Maine OECD dir Heather Johnson speaks on nominee Andrew Butcher 4min2sec 

Part 4 Andrew Butcher  3min 58sec 

Part 5  Q&A  Committee and Butcher 32min 

Part 6  Chair Seth Berry summarizes the questions Butcher had been asked.  1min 23sec

Part 7  Public speakers hold forth  33min20sec

Part 8  Explains requirement for break before voting 37sec

Part 9 Committee returns and votes in support of Nominee

The committee approved the nominations by all 11 legislators present (two were absent) 

The  Committee Approval next goes before the full Maine Legislature