MAINE PUBLIC • October 10, 2024
The federal government has granted a preliminary permit to developers for the construction of a controversial tidal power dam in Cobscook Bay. Pembroke Tidal Power Project LLC, a subsidiary of a company known as Nestar Energy, said the dam could eventually generate 87,000 megawatt hours of electricity a year. But the project faces opposition from more than 60 Pembroke residents and the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point, who filed formal complaints and motions to intervene. They detailed concerns about the potential impacts on fishing, marine life, recreation, tribal resources and the Cobscook Bay environment. The National Marine Fisheries Service and Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife also filed intervention notices.