HAMPDEN — The Town Council has not formed an opinion on the proposed 180-megawatt, coal-fired power generation station in Bucksport. “What Bucksport does is Bucksport’s business,” one councilor said Tuesday.

It is expected the council will discuss alternate energy sources next month, and the generation station being proposed by Applied Energy Services might come up then, Mayor William Romano said. But no discussion about the power plant will be immediately forthcoming.

The council did receive a letter from Brewer City Councilor Paul Hatt on the power plant. Hatt stated that Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. and Central Maine Power Co. will be required to buy electricity generated at the proposed AES plant. The two electric utilities now pay a premium for power bought from Penobscot Energy Recovery Co., Hatt said, and they will probably pay likewise for power produced by AES.

The letter appeared on Hampden Town Council’s consent agenda last week and was accepted without comment.

The community should not “create a monster that we’ll live to regret,” Hatt has said. “This could easily turn into another PERC” and could translate into “extra-high fees” for consumers.

According to a public utilities regulatory policy act, the AES power plant will be considered a “qualifying facility.” Therefore Bangor Hydro and CMP will be obligated to negotiate a contract with AES.

The electric utilities will be required to buy power from AES if the power is offered at a price lower than the utilities pay to produce it, Brewer officials claim.

A resolve to oppose the AES plant came before Brewer City Council last week. The council defeated it 3-2. Two councilors suggested that the plant be built in Brewer.

Hampden Councilor Kenneth Huntley said a similar resolution in Hampden would have little effect on what the electric utilities do. He said he probably wouldn’t even vote on such a resolution.

The major issue seems to be whether Bucksport’s environmentally conscious residents can live with the plant in their town, Huntley added.

Councilor Laura Richards said that at the moment Hampden’s budget for fiscal year 1992 absorbs most of councilors’ time. Neither Richards nor Mayor Romano had an opinion on the power plant. Both said they needed to learn more about it before they could comment.