PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 19, 2021
The developer of a $1 billion power transmission line through western Maine said Friday that it will temporarily suspend construction on the project while a legal challenge plays out in court. The announcement came on the same day that Gov. Janet Mills wrote to the company to ask it to stop development in deference to state voters who roundly rejected the project on the November ballot. Maine voters approved Question 1, which was designed to block the corridor, by a roughly 60 percent to 40 percent margin. Mills supports the project, known as New England Clean Energy Connect, but its future remains uncertain.