MAINE PUBLIC • March 22, 2023
State lawmakers are being asked to approve a nearly $2 billion energy project that would connect Aroostook County to the New England power grid. But some skeptics aren't ready to sign off. Earlier this year, the Public Utilities Commission endorsed Maine picking up $1 billion of the price tag to build a massive wind farm and transmission line in Aroostook County. Developers of the so-called King Pine Wind project and related transmission line estimate it will take at least three more years to secure all of the permits they need from state and federal agencies.