Maine Lawmakers Call On Hydro-Qubec To Stop Campaign On CMP Transmission Line Ballot Referendum

MAINE PUBLIC • July 29, 2020

About two dozen current and former Maine legislators are calling on Hydro-Quebec to stop its campaign to influence November's ballot referendum on a proposed transmission line through the state. In a letter to both the company and the province of Quebec, the group says that the company should not be "meddling" in elections in Maine, and that it is exploiting a loophole in Maine's campaign-finance laws. A ballot committee representing the company has spent more than $6 million thus far on the referendum campaign.