Letter to the editor: Benefits of NECEC project outweigh small downside
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Mainers need to support the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project to bring hydroelectric power from northern Quebec to our electric grid in Lewiston. We need more electricity for our communications, internet, heat pumps, industry and electric cars. This is an opportunity we cannot let pass. Over 30 years ago I worked for Central Maine Power on a similar project in the 1980s that did not happen. These opportunities do not come very often.
There are groups that will oppose any energy project in their backyard. There is local opposition to hydroelectric power, windmills, solar power, nuclear, coal, oil and natural gas projects. We must balance our communities’ growing needs with the downside of each option, and we must develop several sources to keep the power flowing when the wind is not blowing or the sun is not shining.
A recent letter, “NECEC will help reduce impacts of climate change in Maine” (Dec. 9), completely missed the mark. For example, the very first sentence references your Dec. 6 editorial about a recent climate report put out by the Mills administration as an example of why New England Clean Energy Connect is “needed.” This is […]
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PIKOGAN FIRST NATION, QC, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -
A report recently issued by the Quebec Bureau of Public Hearings on the Environment (BAPE) regarding the Appalaches-Maine Interconnection project (the Canadian segment as what is known in the USA as the New England Clean Energy Connect project – NECEC), clearly states that the Quebec Ministry of the Environment (MELCC) instructed it not to address the question of where the electricity destined for the United States is being produced. In so doing, the Ministry has ignored the constitutional rights of the First Nations from whose territories much of that electricity comes from.
In its report, the BAPE writes that from the outset, it was not in their mandate to investigate the legitimacy of Quebec hydroelectric production and to take a position on the subject. However, they indicate that they are aware of the limitations imposed on them by the Quebec government: During the second part of the public hearing, the Innu F
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Dignitaries participate in a ceremony in October to officially kick off construction of Central Maine Health Care’s Cancer Care Center at High and Main streets in Lewiston. This week, city officials said the project is among $300 million in new economic development in 2020.
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LEWISTON The value of projects either approved or in the development pipeline this year stands at more than $300 million, officials said at a City Council workshop this week.
Nearly two-thirds of the value, however, is tied to a $200 million converter station for Central Maine Power’s controversial New England Clean Energy Connect project, which has not yet received approval.