Maine has already received $5.8 million in payments from NECEC LLC. in 2021
Maine is set to receive a total of $258 million in quarterly payments from NECEC LLC. over the course of decades Author: Samantha York (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 12:39 PM EDT May 13, 2021 Updated: 12:40 PM EDT May 13, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine Maine has received $5.8 million in payments from the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) since the start of 2021, according to NECEC LLC’s President and CEO, Thorn Dickinson.
The payout is part of a deal struck between the state and project executives, where over the next few decades Maine will receive a total of $258 million from the project.
Court: Construction can proceed on hydropower corridor
DAVID SHARP, Associated Press
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Construction can proceed on a 53-mile (85-kilometer) stretch of utility corridor that’s a critical part of a $1 billion project to bring Canadian hydropower to the New England grid, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request to delay construction while three conservation groups argued for a more strenuous environmental review by the federal government.
Thorn Dickinson, president and CEO of the project, called the court s decision “a victory for Maine’s clean energy future.”
“The clean energy corridor will eliminate over three million metric tons of dirty emission from the New England energy grid each year by replacing fossil fuels with clean hydropower,” he said in a statement.
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.
Looking Out for Maineâs Sea-Run Fish
The alewives are here, some placesâ Alewives at Damariscotta Mills on May 8 (Photo: Ethan Andrews)
by Ethan Andrews
select A ânature-like fishwayâ in Saco (photo courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) At Benton Falls on the Sebasticook River, a channel leads fish from the elevator to the upstream side of the dam. (Photo: Ethan Andrews)
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A notice posted in March to the Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Restoration website announced the cancelation of this year’s alewife festival, with the possibility of a make-up event in the fall: “BUT, the fish do not care about Covid and you can make plans to see them return!”
EnergyCanada plans hydropower push as Biden looks to clean up U.S. grid
Nia WilliamsAllison Lampert
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High voltage electrical power transmission lines are photographed at night in Toronto, February 9, 2007. REUTERS/J.P. Moczulski (CANADA)/File Photo
Canada sees an opportunity in U.S. President Joe Biden s push to achieve a carbon-free electrical grid by 2035: hydropower exports.
With Canadian crude exports taking a hit from Biden s decision to scrap the Keystone XL oil pipeline, Ottawa is increasingly focused on sales of clean energy.
Around 60% of the 4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity consumed in the United States in 2019 came from fossil fuels, government data show. Biden s push to convert that to clean energy gives Canada, the world s third-largest producer of hydropower, a window to sell more hydro exports to its southern neighbour.