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NECEC

Published
April 10, 2023

Long-awaited trial over future of CMP electricity corridor gets underway

Five years in the making, the trial that could determine the fate of the 145-mile electricity transmission corridor is expected to last 7 days in state Business and Consumer Court.
Published
March 30, 2023

Maine Voices: Youth need adults to stop CMP corridor once and for all

Although the project was roundly rejected at the ballot box in 2021, CMP refuses to give up and has chosen a divisive path that ignores the will of Maine people.
Published
March 26, 2023

War over CMP corridor enters new phase – a jury trial

A lawsuit involving more than 2 million pages of evidence will confront jurors, who must decide whether Central Maine Power's parent has vested rights in the project Mainers voted to kill in 2021.
Published
March 26, 2023

The CMP corridor battle: Where does the money come from?

The fight over the proposed New England Clean Energy Connect hydropower transmission line has become a multimillion-dollar industry of its own.
Published
February 7, 2023

Maine Voices: Response to Aroostook wind proposal at odds with reality

The King Pine wind farm project compares poorly to New England Clean Energy Connect. Why all the feel-good messaging?

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Published
December 11, 2022

Future of Aroostook clean energy project may hinge on Massachusetts

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.
Published
November 29, 2022

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.
Published
October 21, 2022

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.
Published
October 19, 2022

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.
Published
October 3, 2022

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.