Letter to the editor: Maine can’t keep waiting while CMP obstructs solar energy
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I am mad as heck at Central Maine Power’s decades of willful negligence and obstruction of clean, renewable energy in Maine and you should be, too, especially if you think we should do our part to address climate change.
Now Maine’s largest utility wants to break its contracts, admitting it neglected to provide for the 2,000 megawatts of solar power preparing to come online in Maine, while the company worked overtime on its New England Clean Energy Connect power line so it could rake in $2.9 billion helping Massachusetts import 1,200 MW of electricity from Quebec by cutting Maine in two. CMP’s power line would also send $12.4 billion to Canada, instead of keeping jobs and money closer to home.
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Recently I saw an ad put out by Central Maine Power about New England Clean Energy Connect promoting jobs for Mainers. Unfortunately, this is nothing more than a cheap PR stunt, and I hope my fellow Mainers see through it. If CMP were actually interested in hiring Mainers to work on this unpopular project, it […]