PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 21, 2022
The Board of Environmental Protection on Thursday turned down an appeal of an agency permit allowing construction of a $1 billion transmission line from Quebec through Maine. While the board modified a few of the conditions for the project to address concerns about impacts, it decided the permit will remain in place. Now the fate of the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line clearly rests with the state supreme court, which is expected to rule shortly on two legal challenges concerning the project. Tom Saviello, the lead petitioner on the referendum, said, “The BEP refused to recognize what has gone on with the corridor the last two years. Basically, they ignored the people of Maine.”