Maine Compass: Anti-hydro is bad science, and won’t address climate change The assertion that Canadian hydropower reservoir emissions are comparable to fossil fuel is false, writes a former PUC commissioner and an analyst for Hydro-Quebec. By Tom Welch and Alain Tremblay Share The New England Clean Energy Connect will deliver renewable electricity to Maine and New England from Hydro-Québec (HQ); it will reduce climate emissions; it will substantially benefit Maine’s economy; it will conform to rigorous environmental standards. These are conclusions from exhaustive scientific study and exhaustive review by objective institutions tasked with safeguarding the public interest.