PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • September 28, 2021
The Canadian conglomerate that owns most of the dams in Maine has sued the state over the high-stakes battle over the future of four dams on the lower section of the Kennebec River and the survival of Atlantic salmon in the United States. Brookfield Renewable Power, a subsidiary of $600 billion global asset company Brookfield Asset Management, sued the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Marine Resources late Monday afternoon in Kennebec Superior Court. The suit claims that the agencies have not conformed to a legally binding 1993 administrative agreement and other state administrative laws in their alleged goal to demolish the four dams, located between Waterville and Skowhegan.