MAINE PUBLIC • May 10, 2022
Maine's Supreme Judicial Court took up two cases Tuesday whose outcome could determine the fate of the billion-dollar energy corridor through Maine's western woods, first proposed more than three years ago by Central Maine Power. The first case concerns a lease for public lands that CMP needed for its preferred route for the 145-mile project. In the second case, the justices heard a direct challenge to the November referendum that aimed to kill the power line project. After more than two hours of argument Chief Justice Stanfill adjourned the proceeding, noting that she had never seen the court room so crowded. She said the court would seek a timely decision.