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Aroostook power corridor faces opposition from landowners

In a scenario reminiscent of similar battles, plans for transmission lines are being pushed by key politicians but fought by locals. ....

Quebec , Canada , Aroostook-county , Maine , United-states , Harwood , Ontario , New-hampshire , New-york , Albion , Aroostook , New-brunswick

WindAction | Aroostook power corridor faces opposition from landowners

Over 50 years, Eric and Rebecca Rolfson have created a rural oasis in this central Maine farming community. On 123 acres, they have hand-built a log cabin and renovated a 200- year-old family farmhouse. They have created a maple syrup business, cultivated hayfields that serve local dairy farmers and cut a community trail system through their woods. This is where they plan to grow old, on land where Eric Rolfson’s parents are buried. So they were shocked last July when they received a letter from LS Power, a New York City-based power and transmission system developer. ....

New-hampshire , United-states , Maine , Aroostook , New-brunswick , Canada , Quebec , Harwood , Ontario , Albion , Massachusetts , Aroostook-county

Developers of Maine wind transmission line stymied by pace of negotiations with regulators

New York-based LS Power wants to build up to 160 miles of transmission line across northern and central Maine, but differences over terms of the service and power purchase agreement have emerged, as has some community opposition. ....

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After Maine foreign influence ban, Hydro-Quebéc U.S. reflects on 'very bad' time

The COO of Hydro-Québec's American arm said it would be “a real stretch” to call its activities in Maine “foreign interference” and says they presented “facts and information.” ....

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Maine votes to ban foreign influence after Hydro-Québec campaign

Hydro-Québec spent $22 million in a failed attempt to stop a 2021 referendum to halt a cross-border hydropower transmission project. ....

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