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Phippsburg residents to lose power during CMP repairs
Central Maine Power has to cut power to about 2,100 Phippsburg residents to repair a utility pole.
Guest column: Spokesperson doesn’t tell the whole story about CMP corridor
Recently, Lyn St-Laurent, the spokesperson for Hydro-Quebec, was interviewed on a Maine radio station to promote the CMP Corridor and cast doubt on Question 1, a referendum initiated by more than 80,000 Maine voters. As a representative of a foreign government-owned company, her comments were filled with half-truths and highly misleading. Not once did she […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Commentary: Rural Maine cooperative holds up well when compared to CMP
A commentary fails to acknowledge that Eastern Maine Electric’s rates are very close to CMP’s, though the investor-owned utility’s territory is much cheaper to serve.