MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • August 15, 2021
The Aug. 1 letter by Tom Rumpf (“Ask the right questions about the Clean Energy Corridor”) provided the wrong answers regarding the referendum to stop New England Clean Energy Connect. The review process that approved NECEC is not objective and methodological. It is political. The proposal to require two-thirds legislative approval for the use of public reserved land by outside entities should have already been the legal standard. The referendum corrects that oversight. The 300-foot right of way of their transmission line corridor would forever change the character of the western Maine mountains. Maine would risk becoming known as the New Jersey of northern New England. ~ John Nicholas, Winthrop