Maine Court Rules Against Referendum That Blocked Avangrid’s $1 Billion Transmission Project
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Aug. 30 ruled that a ballot referendum in Maine that was voted in November 2021 to block the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project is unconstitutional. The latest development provides renewed impetus to the $1 billion U.S. transmission line designed to transmit Canadian hydropower. The court states that…...