PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 16, 2021
A law passed by voters in November banning a controversial power transmission line through western Maine will take effect Sunday after a Maine judge ruled against a last-minute injunction Thursday. The ruling is another blow but not the final word on the $1 billion energy project planned for years by Avangrid, parent company of Central Maine Power. Avangrid’s lawsuit challenging the ban will continue and it could appeal the ruling on its request for an injunction to Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court.