BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 18, 2021
The Atlantic Loop, an idea supported by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, would create new transmission lines linking Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador with the Maritime provinces. One map shows the project could pass through Maine to complete the link. Other maps show it skirting Maine just north of the Aroostook County border. Any Maine link would likely include with the Central Maine Power corridor. The idea will be debated for the first time in the Maine Legislature.