BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 5, 2021
Total political spending in the fight over the Central Maine Power Co. corridor topped $64 million at September’s end as energy companies on both sides continued to throw cash at the Nov. 2 referendum seeking to kill the project. The upcoming ballot question aims to empower the Legislature to revoke a lease for a portion of the 145-mile transmission line that aims to bring hydropower from Canada to connect with the New England energy grid near Lewiston. CMP poured another $8.6 million into its political committees. Hydro Quebec poured another $4.9 million into its political committee. On the anti-corridor side, NextEra, a Florida-based company, donated another $7 million to Mainers for Local Power, which contributed $150,000 to No CMP Corridor, which donated $140,000 to Say NO to NECEC