BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 29, 2020
A Maine judge dismissed a court challenge to a pending ballot question opposing Central Maine Power’s controversial hydropower corridor proposal on Monday, saying any ruling prior to the question being voted on in November would be preemptive. Superior Court judge Thomas Warren said while CMP’s parent company, Avangrid, raised legitimate questions about whether the citizens initiative looking to overturn the Maine Public Utilities Commission’s approval of the New England Clean Energy Connect would violate the Maine Constitution, such a ruling is not necessary before the issue is put to a vote. The question of constitutionality “must be reserved for future litigation if the proposed initiative is enacted,” he wrote.