SUN JOURNAL • May 27, 2020
In a recent guest column, Tom Saviello asked Hydro-Québec to come clean on the benefits of the New England Clean Energy Connect. I offer some fact-checking that demonstrates the economic and environmental benefits of the project. It will generate 1,600 jobs for the duration of the project. In addition, the NECEC has awarded more than $300 million in contracts to companies that do business in Maine. The most important point is that the project will bring almost a billion dollars in benefits to the state and will inject another $250 million directly into the state’s finances. Another fact: hydropower is much cleaner than natural gas or coal. Is there any other project in Maine that will offer as much while another state foots the bill? ~ Serge Abergel, Media and External Affairs, Hydro-Québec