A $50 million system, the largest of its kind in North America, was installed at a $153 million Central Maine Power electrical substation in Windsor.
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Why I support New England Clean Energy Connect
My name is Orion Schwab. I am a recent graduate of Spruce Mountain High School and a proud member of the Spruce Mountain Envirothon Team. Many of my friends and associates know me as a zealous environmentalist and as someone who believes that drastic action must be taken within the next decade to avoid the […]
Owners: CMP line ‘detrimental’ to biomass, environment
WILTON — Owners of area wood-waste plants told a forum Wednesday night that a transmission line to bring power from Quebec to Massachusetts would be detrimental to Maine’s biomass industry and the environment, and ultimately ripple through the state’s logging, mill and woodlot economies. Mark Thibodeau or ReEnergy Holdings on Livermore Falls and Stratton, Robert […]
SMHS students discuss CMP corridor
Spruce Mountain High School Envirothon members encourage people to do their own research on the Central Maine Power New England Clean Energy Connect project to be able to make an informed decision whether to support it or not.
Meeting in Wilton to discuss future of local biomass industry
A business forum will be held 6 p.m. Wednesday, August 14 in Wilton to discuss the impact on the biomass industry from the CMP NECEC project.
Livermore Falls resident wants board to rescind support for CMP project
The board will also hear a presentation from a solar energy company.
Chesterville voters oppose CMP transmission line
Chesterville voters Thursday night opposed the Central Maine Power New England Clean Energy Connect project and requested that Selectmen submit a letter of opposition to CMP NECEC and Maine’s Public Utilities Commission, Dept. of Environmental Protection and the Land Use Planning Commission.
Chesterville voters to discuss, vote on proposed CMP transmission line
At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 25 a forum and special town meeting will be held at the Chesterville town office for voters to reconsider the letter of support the board wrote for a proposed 145-mile electricity transmission line through Maine.
Public advocate wants new test of CMP’s troubled billing system
The test would attempt to detect patterns among customers who received high bills.
Gov. Mills says CMP’s failure to address its billing problems is ‘unacceptable’
State leaders respond to a Press Herald/Sunday Telegram investigation detailing how the utility misled the public about its troubled new billing system that left thousands of customers angry and frustrated.