MAINE PUBLIC • September 1, 2023
Voters in Albion approved a six-month moratorium on high-impact transmission lines earlier this week. The central Maine town is on a proposed path for a power corridor that would connect Aroostook County to the southern Maine electrical grid. Supporters of the moratorium say it will give the town more time to study the potential visual and environmental impacts of the project. Tom Bolen, who leads Albion's newly formed transmission line committee, said, "No doubt we need to connect Aroostook County in some form. But what we can't do is just tear up the landscape…when the reality is there's…alternatives."