CMP's new Maine power line starts delivering power to New England
Maine Public | By Peter McGuire
Published January 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM EST
Hydroelectric power from Quebec started flowing through a new transmission line in Maine on Friday, the culmination of a fraught years-long process aimed at boosting New England's electric supply.
The 145-mile New England Clean Energy Connect line is expected to deliver enough energy to power 1.2 million homes in the region, said Phelps Turner director of clean grid at the Conservation Law Foundation.
"It marks a milestone in the transition in New England to a clean, affordable and reliable energy system," Turner said in an interview.
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Comment by Dan McKay 1 hour ago
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Spot on, Willem
And part of ISO-NE grid services is the wasteful transmission line they planned and expect to charge New England ratepayers for, to allow 1200 nameplate capacity wind power from Aroostook County, Maine to connect to the grid they operate. I call this an engineering screw up and definite malice towards the people who pay for their jobs.
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Comment by Willem Post 1 hour ago
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That article just repeats talking points put out by press releases.
The wholesale prices of imported coal, oil, gas have not increased for about 15 years.
New England needs new gas lines to bring abundant, low-cost, domestic natural gas from Pennsylvania
Any increases in household electric rates are due to increased costs imposed by ISONE for grid services , and imposed by the state of Maine for bureaucratic energy programs.
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1200 megawatts from this project is somewhat equivalent to 8000 megawatts of solar. I say "somewhat" because solar can't provide base load power at all.
Because solar, wind and battery storage can underbid natural gas, even though it is more expensive to produce, NECEC will not jostle them out of the market, but remove the vast subsidies granted to solar, wind and battery storage, and it would really lower the price of electricity and make a more stable grid.
Vote out the Democrats. They still don't understand that people are tired of the climate change propaganda and high electric bills.
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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