PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 13, 2023
Jurors in the New England Clean Energy Connect trial heard conflicting explanations Thursday about why work on the power-line corridor began earlier in 2021 than planned – and jumped around to different locations. The numerous questions sprang from one that’s central to the case: Did the NECEC developers, affiliated with Central Maine Power, speed up the work schedule to claim “vested rights” for the project?