New England Clean Energy Connect
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
As electric rates rise, gas-fired power emerges as both scapegoat and savior
A study in contradictions, natural gas is both helping to keep the lights on and contributing to the risk of rolling blackouts. Here's why the role it plays in the region's energy grid will remain a factor in Maine for years to come.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2021
Maine Voices: As need for electricity grows, nuclear power should play larger role
Small and safe reactors can be built close to where the demand is greatest, thus eliminating lengthy, wide transmission lines, dams and fossil fuels.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2021
Another View: NECEC foes have allowed perfect to be the enemy of the good
Joel Clement and Pete Didisheim would rather imagine a regional climate change strategy than implement a substantive and permitted proposal.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2021
Maine Voices: Learning the right lessons from CMP’s corridor debacle
Fair compensation, public involvement and wise site selection are among what clean-energy projects need to succeed.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2021
Our View: Maine won’t wait long for answers on clean energy, transmission lines
A proposal to connect Aroostook County to the New England grid is a follow-up of sorts to the CMP corridor.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2021
After shutdown order, power line crews work to stabilize corridor for uncertain future
No one knows the future of the New England Clean Energy Connect, Maine's most controversial energy project in a generation.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2021
Environmental groups seek suspension of power line project’s federal permits
The groups have asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Department of Energy to suspend permits for New England Clean Energy Connect, citing the project's other recent setbacks.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2021
After license suspension, power line’s future hangs on pending court challenges
The New England Clean Energy Connect will argue for an injunction just days before a voter-approved law to ban the project is set to take effect Dec. 19.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2021
Maine DEP suspends construction license for $1 billion power line
The license will be reinstated if the New England Clean Energy Connect project's developer wins its legal fights over state land or a pending statutory ban.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2021
Maine DEP weighs legality of power corridor license in wake of Question 1 vote
The Department of Environmental Protection heard arguments Monday for and against suspending or revoking the NECEC project's construction license.
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