MAINE PUBLIC • April 18, 2023
The jury trial that could revive a $1 billion transmission project through western Maine resumes Tuesday as the Maine Public Utilities Commission resumes its defense against Central Maine Power's parent company. Avangrid, the owner of the New England Clean Energy Connect, is attempting to convince the nine members of the jury that it spent and constructed enough to make a vested rights claim that could invalidate voters' decision to halt the project in 2021. The jury trial that could revive a $1 billion transmission project through western Maine resumes Tuesday as the Maine PUC resumes its defense against CMP's parent company. Avangrid, the owner of the NECEC is attempting to convince the nine members of the jury that it spent and constructed enough to make a vested rights claim that could invalidate voters' decision to halt the project in 2021. The defense is expected to complete its case Tuesday.