CMP presses on with corridor construction after Maine voters try to stop it

MAINE PUBLIC • November 3, 2021

Voters on Tuesday delivered a decisive rebuke to Central Maine Power and its $1 billion transmission project, by approving a referendum that aimed to halt its construction. But Maine's largest utility remains defiant, vowing to challenge the constitutionality of the ballot question that CMP and its allies spent $63 million trying to defeat. Now, the focus shifts to imminent legal and regulatory challenges, which project opponents worry will buy CMP enough time to complete most of the construction.