MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • May 17, 2020
The decision by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to let the question on whether Central Maine Power can construct a transmission corridor remain on the November ballot marks the formal start of the campaign. It won’t be a purely partisan issue by any stretch of the imagination: Both the current governor, Janet Mills (D), and her predecessor, Paul LePage (R), support construction of the corridor. In the Legislature, Republicans and Democrats haven’t clearly split along party lines. A number of Maine environmental groups oppose the corridor, but some former state environmental leaders support it. ~ Jim Fossel