The Department of Environmental Protection heard arguments Monday for and against suspending or revoking the NECEC project’s construction license.
New England Clean Energy Connect
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Environmental group calls on state regulator to halt construction of power corridor
The Natural Resources Council of Maine wants state officials to order the work to be halted in light of Tuesday’s referendum vote opposing the project.
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Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Maine voters to CMP, Avangrid and Iberdrola: Can you hear us now?
Question 1’s overwhelming victory on Tuesday was, in the end, inevitable.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Avangrid files lawsuit, vows to continue power line project despite voters’ rejection
The company filed a lawsuit in Maine Superior Court challenging the constitutionality of a voter-approved measure to ban the project.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Question 1 Q&A: Win or lose, power line fight will continue
No matter how the vote goes, a war over competing visions for Maine’s energy future could drag on well into 2022 or beyond.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Seabrook plant dispute over NECEC power line could hinder clean-energy effort, Massachusetts says
The federal-level fight represents yet another obstacle for the western Maine transmission line roughly a week before Maine voters will weigh in on a ballot question aimed at killing the project.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Should permit for NECEC power line be revoked? Maine regulator hears arguments
The hearing comes two months after a judge ruled that Maine failed to follow proper procedures when it granted the developer a lease to cross two parcels of public land.
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 inBusiness, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics
Energy companies keep pouring millions into battle over power line corridor
Competing energy giants from Quebec to Texas continue historic spending in a battle over a transmission corridor in western Maine that aims to bring hydropower from Canada to the New England grid.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Nemitz got it wrong on Question 1, power line project
His Sept. 16 column misunderstands the ballot question’s retroactivity provisions and ignores the transmission line’s benefits.