BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 29, 2021
Big guns voiced support of the $1 billion Central Maine Power Co. corridor on Thursday. U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm tweeted in support of a no vote on Question 1, the referendum on Tuesday’s ballot that is aimed at killing the corridor. Gov. Janet Mills also devoted her weekly radio address to the same topic. The Democratic governor’s position on the corridor is not new. It was her support of the project after inking a benefits package with Central Maine Power Co. and its affiliates that set it up for its success in the regulatory realm. She has centered her case for the project on the regional emissions reductions that will come by replacing fossil fuels with hydropower. On Thursday, she repeated that argument at length. “Fundamentally, for me, it’s not about CMP. It’s about climate change,” she said.