PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 1, 2025
A federal judge has decided not to revoke permits for the controversial New England Clean Energy Connect corridor, effectively ending a long-running legal battle — but not until more than a third of the project had already been completed. Chief U.S. District Judge Lance Walker on Monday ruled in favor of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Department of Energy, after several environmental groups sued the federal agencies over their environmental analysis of the $1.5 billion 145-mile transmission corridor to bring Canadian hydropower to the New England grid.