MAINE PUBLIC • June 29, 2020
A Cumberland County Superior Court judge ruled on Monday that a citizens initiative aimed at killing Central Maine Power’s power line project can stay on the November ballot. CMP had argued that the item would violate the constitutional separation of powers by undoing a permit issued by executive-branch regulators. Justice Thomas Warren says that argument is a significant issue that may have merit — but that the courts should not weigh in until after voters have had their say.