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PublishedMarch 11, 2020
Maine considers limiting foreign spending on ballot questions
The proposal is in response to Hydro Quebec's spending to support a 145-mile transmission line planned by Central Maine Power Co.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2020
Friends of Baxter State Park: Cherished park not part of power line debate
Hydro-Quebec's use of Baxter State Park imagery in an ad supporting a transmission line is deceptive and manipulative.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2020
LePage says he was paid to advocate for hydropower corridor
Maine's former governor says that he was paid by a lobbying firm to advocate for the proposed CMP hydropower corridor.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2020
CMP shrugs off referendum, plans to start work on $1 billion transmission corridor
Central Maine Power, which needs 2 more permits for the power line, says it plans to begin construction this spring and has contracted with 3 Maine companies to provide wooden ‘mats’ it will use to move heavy equipment through the North Woods.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2019
Another View: Western Maine power corridor not worth the ‘sacrifice’
We shouldn't approve an infrastructure project that will benefit CMP stockholders more than it does the climate.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2019
CMP criticizes fake signs posted on Farmington explosion site
Central Maine Power officials say signs touting its proposed $1 billion transmission line project were meant to sour the public's view of the New England Clean Energy Connect plan.
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PublishedJune 26, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Former Gov. Baldacci, a board member, hides from questions about CMP
Democrat John Baldacci, now a corporate leader for Central Maine Power's parent corporation, has little to say about the company's mistreatment of its customers.
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PublishedJune 25, 2019
Public advocate wants new test of CMP’s troubled billing system
The test would attempt to detect patterns among customers who received high bills.
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PublishedJune 24, 2019
Gov. Mills says CMP’s failure to address its billing problems is ‘unacceptable’
State leaders respond to a Press Herald/Sunday Telegram investigation detailing how the utility misled the public about its troubled new billing system that left thousands of customers angry and frustrated.
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PublishedJune 19, 2019
Somerset County residents ask commissioners to vote again on CMP corridor support
The chair of the Somerset County commissioners and Commissioner Lloyd Trafton deny a conflict of interest and take no action on residents' request for a new vote.
