Opinion: Maine’s construction industry is ready to build our clean energy future

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 11, 2022

Maine ranks in the bottom half of all 50 states in terms of economic growth. While the pandemic-related employment crisis is correcting itself, the national inflation crisis has caused too many families to fall behind. The reasons to be optimistic seem to be slipping away. Maine needs a plan; one that creates certainty in the job market, one that creates jobs here in Maine, one that gives working Mainers a chance to get ahead. It is no secret that ABC Maine and many trade organizations – both union and non-union shop alike – support the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC). We all believe that the NECEC represents a solution for Maine and New England’s ever complicating energy problem. ~ Mitch DeBlois and Hope Pollard, Associated Builders and Contractors of Maine