Controversial Maine power corridor gets final major permit Share Updated: 6:10 PM EST Jan 15, 2021
Controversial Maine power corridor gets final major permit Share Updated: 6:10 PM EST Jan 15, 2021
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Show Transcript GOOD EVENING - A BIT OF WHIPLASH TODAY FOR THE CONTROVERSIAL CLEAN ENERGY CONNECT PROJECT. ALSO KNOWN AS THE CMP CORRIDOR.. AVANGRID, WHICH OWNS CENTRAL MAINE POWER. ANNOUNCED TODAY IT RECEIVED THE U.S.DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY S PRESIDENTIAL PERMIT. THE LAST MAJOR APPROVAL THE COMPANY NEEDED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THE 145 MILE LONG TRANSMISSION LINE THAT WILL HARNESS HYDRO POWER IN QUEBEC. AND DELIVER IT TO RESIDENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS. BUT ALSO TODAY.. A COURT OF APPEALS IN BOSTON ISSUED AN INJUNCTION. FOLLOWING A MOTION FILED FROM A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS INCLUDING THE SIERRA CLUB. THAT ASKED THE COURT TO PUT SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION ON HOLD UNTIL IT CAN REVIEW A REQUEST FOR MORE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES TO BE D
Controversial power project gets final permit, plans may have to wait for construction to start
A federal appeals court called a halt to some work pending further review of a legal case brought by foes of the hydropower transmission line through western Maine.
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Power lines snake across the landscape Friday afternoon into and out of the substation on Larrabee Road in Lewiston. Hydropower from Quebec will come through the substation before being sent to Massachusetts, if the New England Clean Energy Connect project is completed.
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Shortly after the New England Clean Energy Connect project to bring Quebec hydropower to New England received its final major permit Friday, expecting to begin construction on the $950 million transmission line soon, a federal appeals court hit the brakes on the most controversial part of the line.
/CNW Telbec/ - Marking the final major step in the U.S. regulatory approval process, the U.S. Department of Energy has granted the Presidential Permit to the.