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Philip L. Bartlett II, chairman of the Maine Public Utilities Commission, said at the agency’s meeting Thursday that the developer, LS Power, informed regulators that it “can no longer hold to its price” for the transmission line that would extend up to 160 miles. It did not spell out a revised price, he said, and details of the confidential negotiations are not available. “This is a nonstarter,” Bartlett said. He said a contract “at a minimum” would be required to include a binding price.
Massachusetts has long been a national leader in solar adoption, thanks in large part to an innovative incentive program that drove early developments. But now, it’s a different narrative: there’s very little room on the electric grid for new projects to connect.