BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 1, 2023
Work on the corridor that aims to bring hydropower from Canada through western Maine is set to resume Thursday, but not with crews flocking to different areas across the 145-mile transmission line. Only 10 to 20 employees are expected to work inside the Lewiston substation that will convert direct current from the line to alternating current for consumer use. A court in April cleared the way for the project to restart, but obstacles remain. Political and legal challenges to the corridor delayed it long enough to jack up the price 50 percent to $1.5 billion, largely because of inflation. There is no hard timeline for when work in the woods to install poles and wires will resume.