ASSOCIATED PRESS • March 19, 2020
The Maine Supreme Court has rejected a challenge of utility regulators' approval of a 145-mile power transmission corridor in western Maine that would serve as a conduit for hydropower from Canada. NextEra Energy Resources appealed to the state supreme court after the Maine Public Utilities Commission granted its approval to the $1 billion New England Clean Energy Connect. In its unanimous ruling, the court on Tuesday brushed aside NextEra's complaint that the PUC made a number of errors.