Before a multibillion-dollar transmission line and wind farm are built in northern Maine, officials in Massachusetts must determine if the project will benefit that state’s residents.
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Maine’s high court upholds CMP lease of public land key to $1 billion power line
The Supreme Judicial Court finds that Central Maine Power has a valid lease of public land that would be crossed by the New England Clean Energy Connect project.
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Judge denies request to continue work on NECEC transmission corridor
Lawyers for the CMP-backed project to bring hydropower from Quebec through western Maine had asked a court to reconsider an injunction halting the work while the case progresses.
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Judge weighs whether work can resume on building CMP corridor
Lawyers for the 145-mile electricity transmission project said work needs to get going soon or it won’t be economically viable.
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Maine DEP wants sections of proposed NECEC corridor cleaned up
The project to build a power transmission line through western Maine is suspended, but the state said the contractor must clean up crane mats and previously cut trees.
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Judge schedules April trial in electricity corridor case
The latest phase of a lawsuit will determine whether the builders of the 145-mile transmission line had done enough work to have ‘vested rights’ in the project, which would nullify a state referendum vote to block it.
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State environmental board lets permit stand for transmission line project
But the energy corridor’s fate still hinges on a Maine Supreme Court ruling on the validity of a 2021 referendum that was designed to kill the $1 billion construction project.
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Two years after appeal, Maine regulatory board meets on CMP power line permit
Opponents press the Board of Environmental Protection to give the project another public hearing; a vote is set for Thursday.
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State environmental staffers back power line permit in advance of postponed board meeting
In recommendations to the Board of Environmental Protection, DEP staff rejected most of the arguments from power line critics. A meeting to discuss the appeals has been delayed due to COVID-19 concerns.
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Power corridor developer defends embattled project before Maine’s highest court
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard two separate cases Tuesday involving the contested NECEC power line project.