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Judge rejects bid to keep CMP from starting work on transmission corridor CMP says construction of the 145-mile corridor will likely begin sometime in January. Share A federal judge has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction that would have prevented Central Maine Power Co. from beginning construction on a 145-mile transmission line project to bring hydropower from Quebec to the New England power grid. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker issued his 49-page ruling Wednesday afternoon, rejecting the civil action filed by plaintiffs Sierra Club Maine, the Natural Resources Council of Main...

Read Article A federal judge has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction that would have prevented Central Maine Power Co. from beginning construction on a 145-mile transmission line project to bring hydropower from Quebec to the New England power grid. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker issued his 49-page ruling Wednesday afternoon, rejecting the civil action filed by plaintiffs Sierra Club Maine, the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and the Appalachian Mountain Club. The groups filed the motion for an injunction last month in an effort to delay any tree clearing until the court c...

Judge denies motion that sought to stop CMP from beginning work on hydropower corridor U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker ruled against environmental groups that claimed a review of the project by the Army Corps of Engineers was flawed. Author: Beth Brogan (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 6:03 PM EST December 17, 2020 Updated: 6:03 PM EST December 17, 2020 MAINE, USA — A federal court judge has denied a motion by three environmental groups that sought to stop CMP from beginning construction of a controversial 145-mile electricity transmission l...