BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 24, 2020
Sen. Scott Cyrway’s argument that the New England Clean Energy Connect line should not be built because transmission lines have the potential to pose a fire hazard is a dishonest argument. Data show that the fires in Maine involving power lines are not predominantly associated with transmission lines. To argue that the unconstructed NECEC is too dangerous to one day operate because of potential fire hazards is to argue that all transmission lines everywhere are too dangerous to exist. ~ Rep. Scott Strom, Pittsfield