MAINE PUBLIC • March 2, 2022
A subsidiary of national energy company Con Edison Inc. is proposing a major new transmission line in northern Maine. Con Ed is calling it the Maine Power Link. Plans call for a 1,200 megawatt, high-voltage alternating current transmission line that could connect to the regional grid and unlock the potential for solar, wind and biomass energy projects in the state's vast northern interior. Eliza Donoghue, advocacy director for Maine Audubon, says the group isn't making judgments yet. But she says that Con Ed's willlingess to talk before securing a specific route contrasts with the way Central Maine Power handled outreach for its big transmission project in western Maine.