To supply the same amount of power as NECEC, it would take 2,500 wind turbines, 25 million solar panels or 24 new Wyman Dams.
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Posted inGreg Kesich, Opinion
The View From Here: Flipping an eight-sided coin on Question 1
Weighing all the factors in a piece of utility regulation isn’t easy, and voters won’t find help from the usual sources.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Backers of consumer-owned utility aim to thwart bid to require voters’ approval of debt
The back and forth escalates between supporters and foes of replacing Central Maine Power with a consumer-owned entity.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: NECEC corridor isn’t perfect, but it is needed now
The world’s most immediate need is any and all means of reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
CMP, transmission line backers plan to appeal termination of crucial land lease
The companies’ announcement of an appeal comes one day after Maine’s DEP commissioner initiated the process to suspend New England Clean Energy Connect’s permit.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
DEP says no permit violated in clearing Maine woods for corridor transmission line
The 145-mile power line project dubbed the New England Clean Energy Connect would serve as a conduit for up to 1,200 megawatts of Canadian hydropower to reach the New England power grid.
Posted inBusiness, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine supreme court denies bid to split power corridor referendum into 3 questions
A state lawmaker wanted the court to order the Secretary of State’s Office to split an upcoming ballot measure challenging the NECEC project into separate questions for voters.
Posted inBusiness, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics
Attorneys argue over whether CMP power line referendum should be 1 question or 3
The issue is whether voters will have an ‘all-or-nothing’ choice this November on a ballot question that aims to block the 145-mile transmission line.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
PAC spending on CMP power line referendum hits $15.2 million in 2021
A ballot question in November will ask voters if they want to prohibit the project. Proponents and opponents of the power line have spent more than $42 million since 2019 to influence the vote.
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CMP’s management can improve, but is not ‘irredeemably flawed,’ state-ordered audit finds
The Maine Public Utilities Commission, which ordered the review after an investigation of the utility’s rates, is inviting public comment and will decide the next steps.