Scott Strom: Don’t put a muzzle on Canadian trade partners
An effort to silence Hydro-Quebec and other companies from our trading partner to the north are just political noise, the Pittsfield Republican writes.
By Scott Strom
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During my 20 years in the United States Navy, I worked with members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Our neighbor to the north has a small military relative to our own but their service members are dedicated to keeping peace around the world.
Canada is a fellow NATO member. They offered safe airspace to land stranded American aircraft on 9/11. Canada is our friend.
Thu May 06, 2021 - Northeast Edition #10
Lori Tobias â CEG Correspondent
The project includes 53 mi. of new transmission corridor from West Forks, Maine, to Canada.
Work on a $950 million project to bring clean energy to New England began three months ago and crews have already set a handful of the nearly 1,000 structures involved.
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New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project runs 145 mi. from Maine to Canada and is expected to reduce carbon emissions in Maine and New England by 3.6 million metric tons annually as hydropower replaces fossil fuels to provide power to homes across the region.
Thorn Dickinson, president and CEO of NECEC Transmission, has been envisioning the day for at least a decade.
Letter to the Editor: Maine would benefit from power line to Quebec
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Hydro-Quebec wants to run clean, renewable power into Maine and as part of the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project. I’m all for it.
Despite opinions to the contrary, Maine will benefit directly from this important project. The NECEC will bring $140 million in direct electric rate relief on top of $350 million in indirect relief through lower wholesale energy prices throughout the region over the next 15 years.
Hydropower, solar, and wind are the future of clean energy in Maine and the U.S. Today, Maine is overdependent on oil and gas, in fact, the most dependent state in New England on fossil fuels. We can break from that dependence by relying on a trusted source of reliable power with a long history in Maine.
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The New England Clean Energy Connect will build high-transmission lines alongside Central Maine Power existing poles such as the cleared area in Wilton from McCrillis Corner Road, pictured above, to Wilton Road/Route 156. New pole heights will range from 91 to 113 feet.
Andrea Swiedom/Franklin Journal
REGION On Tuesday, April 13, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows opened up public comment for the November 2 referendum ballot question that places restrictions and stipulations on the development of high-transmission lines. If passed, the citizens’ initiated act has the potential to block the New England Clean Energy Connect LLC’s (NECEC) corridor project.
The corridor is posed to bring Hydro-Québec (HQ) hydropower from Québec via a 145-mile high-transmission line to supplement New England’s power grid. NECEC has obtained all state and federal permits for the corridor, but is still securing local town permits throughout Maine.