PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 5, 2021
Voters on Tuesday said they don’t want Central Maine Power building a power transmission line through western Maine, and they said it resoundingly. The message could not be more clear. Until regulators and the courts have time to resolve the outstanding questions over the project, CMP and their parent company, Avangrid, should respect that message. They should immediately stop construction on the powerline corridor. Instead, the company formed to shepherd the project says construction will continue unabated. The courts may ultimately rule that voters don’t have the ability to stop this particular project. But on Tuesday, Maine voted to stop the NECEC project. While everything else is figured out, that should be honored.