PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 12, 2025
A 140-mile electric transmission line that would bring wind power from northern Maine to the New England grid has been stalled for years, but it was back before the Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers again considered authorizing the project. Sen. Mark Lawrence, co-chair of the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, presented a resolutionthat would approve construction and operation of the line and related facilities — even though, as critics pointed out, its exact route, cost and developer are still unknown. That information would still need to be vetted and authorized by state regulators before construction could begin.