PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 6, 2024
Maine legislators are looking for a middle ground between developers of electricity transmission lines needed to deliver clean energy and property owners demanding more of a role in deciding where giant towers are built. Lawmakers on Tuesday took up a proposal that would limit the use of eminent domain – the government’s power to take private property for public use at “just compensation” – to build a transmission line. It’s one of several bills this session that could change how such projects are reviewed and approved.