MAINE PUBLIC • June 28, 2022
Former Gov. Paul LePage says if reelected in November, he would not proceed with Gov. Janet Mills' application to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to site a wind-energy farm about 30 miles off Maine's coast. My minimum is 40 miles out. If you're out 40 miles or 50 miles I'll be all supportive. In the fishing waters I will not support windmills," he says. He also says he would oppose a new bulk transmission line the Legislature this year mandated for construction in northern Maine to encourage development of renewable energy resources in Aroostook County. LePage, like incumbent Mills, is a supporter of the controversial western Maine transmission line initiated by Central Maine Power.