SUN JOURNAL • July 19, 2020
I have spent the past year working to ensure Mainers know exactly how Maine will benefit from the New England Clean Energy Connect project. Despite what groups opposed to the project would have people believe, Mainers won’t pay a penny to build the project. There will be thousands of new jobs during construction, millions in new property tax revenue, hundreds of millions in electrical infrastructure improvements, and lower energy costs as a result — all while cutting three million metric tons of carbon emissions over the next decade. The opposition groups will blindly oppose the project at every turn, no matter the circumstances or terms. ~ Jon Breed, executive director of Clean Energy Matters, a political action committee working in support of the NECEC project