BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 10, 2020
Gov. Janet Mills announced Friday morning that she struck a deal with Hydro-Quebec to provide discounted electricity to the state through Central Maine Power’s controversial transmission corridor. Under the agreement, Hydro-Quebec will provide up to 500,000 megawatt hours of electricity a year to Maine. Hydro-Quebec also pledged to speed up disbursement of about $170 million in benefits for the state. The controversial corridor is mired in legal challenges related to a referendum that would ask voters this November whether the project should be permitted to go forward.