TIMES RECORD • May 13, 2021
Clarification: The Clean Energy Corridor economic benefits from the first 15 years total is $1.3 billion. Clarification: The community investments agreed to total $250 million, not $6 million. Correction #1: The part of the corridor that would be new line is hardly wilderness. Most of it is commercial forestland that is intensively managed. Correction #2: The PUC found that the Clean Energy Connect could benefit the growth of Maine-based renewables. Correction #3: Expert examinations have debunked the myth that Hydro-Québec would shift clean energy exports to New England only to backfill with dirtier fuels in other markets. Correction #4: The permit from the Maine DEP requires “100-foot riparian filter areas along all perennial streams in Segment 1, all coldwater fisheries streams in other segments…all streams containing threatened or endangered species, and all Outstanding River Segments; and…75-foot riparian filter areas on all other streams.” ~ Barbara Vickery, Richmond