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Governors' Wind Energy Coalition NextEra Is Blocking a Major New Clean Power Transmission Project Source: By Will Wade, Bloomberg • Posted: Sunday, May 23, 2021 The clean electricity giant is moving to squelch competition at the expense of the energy transition. A major new transmission line intended to pipe carbon-free hydropower from Canada into the U.S. Northeast has met a powerful opponent: the world’s largest provider of renewable energy. The 145-mile (233-kilometer), nearly $1 billion transmission line, known as New England Clean Energy Connect, broke ground i...

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(Bloomberg) -- A major new transmission line intended to pipe carbon-free hydropower from Canada into the U.S. Northeast has met a powerful opponent: the world’s largest provider of renewable energy.

By Staff Hydro-Québec and a Central Maine Power Co. affiliate have made initial benefit payments of $5.8 million to Maine for energy infrastructure as part of the $258 million committed to the state in exchange for the 145-mile Clean Energy Corridor construction, according to a news release from the two companies. The companies in a joint news release said they have committed $10 million to be paid to the state by the end of the year. The money will be earmarked for broadband expansion, heat pumps, electric vehicles, weatherization and more.  “We are committed to helping M...

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