Lawmakers want Maine plugged into Canadian electricity project
Mainers are still arguing about the plan to bring Canadian hydropower into the state through the CMP corridor, and a legislator now wants to get involved in another. Author: Erin Keller (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 8:00 PM EST February 18, 2021 Updated: 8:00 PM EST February 18, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine Mainers are still arguing about the plan to bring Canadian hydropower into the state through the proposed CMP corridor, and now a legislator wants the state to get involved in another big Canadian transmission line project.
This one is called the Atlantic Loop and is being proposed by the federal government to expand the transmission line system in the Maritime provinces, in order to take electricity from major hydro dams in Labrador and Quebec. The goal is to provide clean, renewable energy to help fight climate change, at a time when Nova Scotia is reported to still
Eye on Augusta: Mills Administration Bows to Business, Proposes Massive Tax Breaks for Profitable Companies
by Andy OâBrien Tuesday, February 16, 2021 8:51 AM
Andy O’Brien is communications director at Maine AFL-CIO. He is a former managing editor of The Free Press and a former state legislator. His Eye on Augusta column appears every other week in The Free Press. Governor Janet Mills finally caved to pressure from business groups last week when she proposed an $82 million tax break on federal relief companies received during the pandemic. Under federal law, Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans are not subject to a federal tax, but they are taxed under state law and business groups have been calling on the Mills administration to conform to the federal tax law.