HARTFORD (CT) COURANT • September 23, 2020
Environmentalists in New England are less than unanimous in their opposition to the latest transmission power line project. Avangrid is seeking what could be final approvals to build a $950 million, 145-mile transmission line in western Maine, delivering hydropower from Quebec to Massachusetts and New England’s power grid. The Sierra Club, Natural Resources Council of Maine and other groups oppose the project, arguing it would disrupt animal habitats and wetlands in the Northern Appalachian and Acadian forests. But Greg Cunningham of the Conservation Law Foundation said the Avangrid project’s 1,200 megawatts will contribute to shutting some of the “worst polluting coal and oil generators” in New England.