Here it is.         The Aroostook County Renewable Energy Development Program presented and packaged as an innocuous, unimportant, and another boring PUC solicitation 

                                                  " Request for Proposals

                                                                 for

                                                       Energy Generation

                                                                 and

                                                      Transmission Projects"

                                                        " Issued by the

                                           Maine Public Utilities Commission

                                                       35-A M.R.S. § 3210-I"

                                                       " December 19, 2025"

And here is the PUC's coordinating effort with other states, but someone is missing and possibly, because it has no use for these projects

"1.3 Coordination with Other New England States the Commission is coordinating with other New England states in the evaluation of proposals and consideration of a joint selection in which all or some other combination of the Coordinating States would participate. Appendices O and P contain the additional evaluation requirements and parameters of the potential involvement by Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont, respectively."

What won't you find in this document? There is no mention of bringing this plan forward to the public for their input. In fact, the public is shut out of knowing anything until the PUC selects the contractors, locations and routes for these projects, tentatively scheduled for May 2026.You have to go to the Maine Statute that addresses these projects to see what appears as the last item in the document and vaguely presented, no times included!

"5.  Public involvement and coordination.  The commission and the Department of Environmental Protection shall ensure coordinated public notification and opportunities for public participation, including explanation of all public participation procedures, in connection with regulatory approvals and permitting under this Title and Title 38 for a transmission line or lines and renewable energy generation projects under the program. "