Maine / moratorium

Why it matters

Reverses the storyline strategy/2026_04_16_how_to_sell_to_people_in_the_datacenter_space.txt has logged from the Apr 14 Reuters reporting that Maine had become the 'first state to approve a moratorium.' That entry should be updated: the moratorium passed the legislature, was vetoed, and the override failed — Maine is *not* a moratorium state as of Apr 29. The lesson is more nuanced than 'state-level moratoria are now real' (Cliff's prior framing): even when one passes, the political economy of a single anchor project ($550M / Jay) can flip an executive veto, and supermajority overrides remain hard. For the regulatory-knowledge-graph, this means moratorium status needs an executive-disposition field, not just legislative passage. Also note: Cassville WI (May 1) just passed a 2-year town-level moratorium — the local-vs-state pattern is what's actually emerging, not a cascade of state-level bans. Update byog-byong-state-patchwork.md to reflect Maine = no statewide moratorium; track local moratorium count separately (~63 local actions according to Robert Bryce's compile, ~54 already passed).