We need much more electricity from renewable sources to replace our current fossil fuel use and convert transportation and heating to electric power, and as fast as possible. And yes, many of these will require new transmission lines. The New England Clean Energy Connect corridor could be completed very quickly, immediately eliminating more than 3 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions from the New England power grid every year, making a bigger dent than any other renewable project currently planned. I plan to vote no on Question 1 because a yes vote would not only kill the near-term prospect of bringing significant additional renewable energy to the New England grid, it would also hamstring our ability to attract future clean energy investments. ~ Barbara Vickery, Richmond, conservation program director at The Nature Conservancy, 1998 to 2017