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CMP

Published
November 3, 2021

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.
Published
October 22, 2021

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.
Published
October 10, 2021

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.
Published
October 7, 2021

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.
Published
October 7, 2021

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.

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Published
August 13, 2021

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.
Published
August 3, 2021

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.
Published
July 29, 2021

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.
Published
July 21, 2021

Attorneys argue over whether CMP power line referendum should be 1 question or 3

The issue is whether voters will have an ‘all-or-nothing’ choice this November on a ballot question that aims to block the 145-mile transmission line.
Published
July 16, 2021

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.