BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 15, 2020
Outside groups fighting over the future of the Central Maine Power corridor have spent more than $3.7 million on signature gathering and public relations since a referendum on the issue was deemed unconstitutional in August, as the fight over the controversial hydropower transmission line appears poised to spill over into 2021. Mainers for Local Power has spent $1.5 million since August. On the other side, the primary group supporting the corridor’s construction, Clean Energy Matters, has spent more than $2 million since the referendum was struck down in mid-August.