MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • October 10, 2021
For anyone who hasn’t made up their mind yet, deciding how to vote on Question 1, a referendum aimed to kill a $1 billion project that would bring hydroelectric power from Canada to the New England power grid via a 145-mile transmission line, is like flipping an eight-sided coin. It’s a multifactorial equation filled with unknowns, and we have to find our way through it without the usual guideposts and shortcuts we are used to. There are competing interests within the interests – debates between environmentalists, debates between sportsmen and debates between business groups. There are Democrats, Republicans and independents on both sides. Weighing all the factors in a piece of utility regulation isn't easy, and voters won't find help from the usual sources. I plan to tune in to a virtual roundtable with reporters who have covered this issue closely over the last three years, at 6:30 p.m., Monday Oct. 18. ~ Greg Kesich