MORNING SENTINEL • May 20, 2020
I understand that the Central Maine Power/Hydro-Quebec project will provide “clean energy.” However, because the numbers don’t add up, I can’t support the project. The CMP ads don’t tell us that Quebec will receive $22 billion. Over 40 times more for them than for us, and $60 million a year for 40 years gets wired to Iberdrola shareholders in Spain. CMP and Hydro-Quebec can’t make their billions without us. That’s what their million-dollar ad campaign is about. The corridor question will be on the ballot this November. The people of Maine will have the final say. We have “leverage.” I say we renegotiate the deal. ~ John Nale, Waterville