MAINE MONITOR • July 12, 2024
Maine will coordinate plans for new transmission lines — particularly regional projects to share power from offshore wind farms — with nine Northeast neighbors, under a major agreement announced this week. This doesn’t make for the most exciting headline. For some, it might raise the specter of controversial developments like the CMP Corridor power line. But experts agree that transmission lines — big, long-distance power lines, versus the distribution wires strung along local streets — are a crucial part of tackling climate change while controlling costs and shoring up reliability for everyday energy users. The reason: Electrification, increasingly powered by renewables, especially the dawn of offshore wind.