BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 4, 2021
A referendum aiming to kill the $1 billion hydropower corridor has turned into a debate over wider effects on Maine’s business climate, even though the number of other public land leases affected by the question appears to be small. Mainers are set to vote next month on the referendum, the latest stage of a years-long battle over Central Maine Power Co. and its corridor, which will bring hydropower from Quebec through western Maine to connect with New England’s energy grid in Lewiston. The project has generally drawn support from business and labor interests while dividing state lawmakers and environmentalists and energizing grassroots opposition.