BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 10, 2021
A judge ruled on Tuesday that the administration of Gov. Janet Mills had no authority to enter a renegotiated public land lease at the heart of debate over the $1 billion hydropower corridor and should have allowed the Legislature to weigh in. It could give anti-corridor lawmakers their clearest path yet to hinder the project. While CMP and Hydro-Quebec, which will supply the energy to the New England grid, could find another way to build through the area if the lease was lost, such a move could delay permitting with an anti-corridor referendum already set for the November ballot.