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  • Aroostook County Officials Question Clearway on Wind Project

    Aroostook County Officials Question Clearway on Wind Project

    County officials and legislators met with Clearway on October 27 about its 800 MW wind project. Here’s what we learned, what’s still unanswered, and how residents can stay involved.

  • Rural Maine Deserves a Voice in Energy Development

    Rural Maine Deserves a Voice in Energy Development

    PRM President Tanya Blanchard joined Rep. Tracy Quint on WVOM to talk about the County Line Wind Project and why rural towns need a real voice in energy decisions.

  • CMP Releases Route Map for Northern Maine Transmission Line

    CMP Releases Route Map for Northern Maine Transmission Line

    Central Maine Power has released a route map for the proposed Haynesville-to-Pittsfield transmission line. About 40 of its roughly 108 miles would run where there is no transmission line today.

  • Northern Maine Transmission: What Was Decided This Summer

    Northern Maine Transmission: What Was Decided This Summer

    Between July and September, the Maine PUC and ISO New England each selected major projects to connect northern Maine wind power to the New England grid. Here’s what was decided and what comes next.

  • Preserve Rural Maine Comments to DOER on the Transmission Infrastructure Study

    The Maine Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has been conducting Stakeholder Group meetings to discuss the Maine Transmission Infrastructure Study. The study is expected to be completed this fall. As a member of the Stakeholder Group, Preserve Rural Maine offered the following comments to the DOER.

  • Bidders Send Letter of Disagreement to ISO-NE Regarding LTTP Bid Disqualification

    A coalition of interested parties sent a letter of disagreement to ISO-NE objecting to the disqualification of their bids in the Long Term Transmission Planning (LTTP) Request for Proposals (RFP). The coalition consists of: National Grid Ventures, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, ENE Transmission, and PowerBridge.  According to ISO-NE, the bids were disqualified because they…

  • Maine PUC to Reopen Bid Window for Northern Maine Project

    The Public Utilities Commissioners have agreed to “reopen the bid window and issue an amended Request for Proposals in an effort to increase the likelihood that this RFP will solicit proposals that are ratepayer beneficial and result in the approval of contracts that are in the public interest.” This will be the third time this…

  • LD 2174 – Ought Not to Pass

    LD 2174, a bill that could undermine municipal home rule, was scheduled for a work session on March 4 before the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee. Instead of a lengthy debate, the outcome came quickly. Rep. Ankeles made a motion that the bill receive an “Ought Not to Pass” recommendation, which was immediately seconded…

  • LD 2174 – Voids all Maine Energy Ordinances

    There was a public hearing yesterday on LD 2174. The current language for the bill is, “An Act to Increase Predictability in the Permitting of Renewable Energy Development” The bill fast tracks Department of Environmental Protection permits, sets very specific permit approval timelines, offers automatic permit approvals if deadlines aren’t met, and voids every single…

  • New Transmission Line Proposed in Albion, Maine

    The following article was shared on the Landowners’ Voice Substack and includes important information for rural Maine. National Grid Meets with Albion Representatives One of four bidders to ISO-NE, National Grid wants to build transmission in rural Maine National Grid, one of four bidders on ISO-New England’s Long Term Transmission Planning (LTTP) project, met with…

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