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PublishedJune 7, 2023
Concerns arise over limited Canadian hydropower as U.S. pursues transmission lines
Some New England lawmakers, including in Maine, are questioning the wisdom of plans to construct new transmission lines across their states, despite Hydro-Québec's insistence it can still meet its energy obligations.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
Proposed transmission line would bring power from Canada to New Hampshire
The proposed 211-mile, $2 billion Twin State Clean Energy Link would enter the United States in Canaan, Vermont.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2022
Group submits petitions for initiative to ban foreign spending on state referendums
Protect Maine Elections wants to put the referendum spending question on the November 2023 ballot.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2022
Hydro-Quebec stops work on Canadian section of NECEC power line
The provincial utility said it hopes to resume work, and expressed confidence that NECEC would win its legal challenges.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2021
Maine Voices: Sen. Bennett: End foreign influence in Maine elections
Maine elections are for Mainers. But state law allows foreign governments to spend on referendum campaigns.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2021
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.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2021
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.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2021
PAC opposing CMP power line project is fined $2,500 for late filing
Mainers for Local Power failed to notify its contributors they were required to file a report to the Maine Ethics Commission once they donated more than $100,000 to the PAC's cause.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2021
Ethics panel continues pursuit of financial records from unnamed consultants
The Maine Ethics Commission will go to court to enforce subpoenas related to an investigation of campaign spending in the CMP transmission corridor project.
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PublishedJuly 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.
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