MAINE PUBLIC • July 12, 2023
At a public meeting Tuesday, LS Power officials gave more details about a power line that's proposed to link southern Aroostook County to the southern Maine electrical grid. But some residents along the proposed path are not pleased about the process. A small but steady stream of local landowners came to the meeting at the Mattawamkeag municipal building to see detailed maps of the proposed power line route. The 1,200-megawatt power line would need a corridor about 150 feet wide, for nearly 150 miles from Glenwood Plantation to Coopers Mills. The project would send electricity south from a 1,000-megawatt wind farm that's proposed for Aroostook County. Roughly the northernmost 45 miles will likely follow an existing power corridor, then travel along Interstate 95. Plans call for 60% of the power to stay in Maine.