ICYMI, a transmission line could carry intermittently surplus – and therefore low-cost – power from renewables back to Quebec from New England, effectively using existing dams in Quebec as a massive energy storage system.
— George Atherton (@notrehta) December 1, 2021
see tweeted article, archived*
Reuters:
The fight for votes cost both sides almost a combined $100 million, making it the most expensive referendum question in Maine’s history.
The project was proposed in Maine in 2017 after a previous proposal to run a transmission line through New Hampshire was blocked by local opposition. It received a series of state and federal permits from 2019 to 2021 and began construction early this year.*
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