PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 16, 2022
Lawyers representing developers of the stalled $1 billion New England Clean Energy Connect corridor in Maine have filed new court documents alleging that a successful referendum blocking the project is an unconstitutionally retroactive law. In briefs filed Wednesday with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, the lawyers said the referendum known as Question 1, adopted by voters in November, “would chill future economic development in Maine, frustrate efforts to address climate change and violate basic constitutional principles.” The briefs were submitted Wednesday in advance of a hearing before the state’s top court, scheduled for May.