MAINE PUBLIC • August 13, 2021
Central Maine Power and the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands are planning to appeal a recent court decision that found that the Mills Administration did not follow the proper procedure when it leased 33 acres of land to the company for its high-profile transmission line project through Western Maine. Superior Court ruling from Justice Michaela Murphy earlier this week vacated the state's lease to CMP after finding that officials from both the LePage and Mills administrations did not determine whether the land would be substantially altered by the lease, and didn't seek a constitutionally required approval of two-thirds of the legislature.