Question 1’s overwhelming victory on Tuesday was, in the end, inevitable.
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Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Falmouth Police add electric vehicle charging stations
The department now has four charging stations for what it hopes will be a growing fleet of electric vehicles.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Don’t like the CMP corridor? Consider the alternatives
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.
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.
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 inTimes Record
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.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
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 […]
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.