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PublishedMarch 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.
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PublishedMarch 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedNovember 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.
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PublishedOctober 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.
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PublishedOctober 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.
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PublishedOctober 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.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2022
Judge schedules April trial in electricity corridor case
The latest phase of a lawsuit will determine whether the builders of the 145-mile transmission line had done enough work to have 'vested rights' in the project, which would nullify a state referendum vote to block it.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2022
State environmental board lets permit stand for transmission line project
But the energy corridor's fate still hinges on a Maine Supreme Court ruling on the validity of a 2021 referendum that was designed to kill the $1 billion construction project.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Two years after appeal, Maine regulatory board meets on CMP power line permit
Opponents press the Board of Environmental Protection to give the project another public hearing; a vote is set for Thursday.
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