Maine Voters Reject Renewable Energy Transmission

Maine Voters Reject Renewable Energy Transmission

Solar panels collect sunlit energy on the Maine coast

Lost in the publicity and partisan debate surrounding the widely-covered New Jersey and Virginia Gubernatorial races, the citizens of Maine have driven a deep dagger into the future of renewable energy— at least in their sister State, Massachusetts. They did this by voting affirmatively on Maine Question 1 during Tuesday’s election, which called for the revocation of approvals previously issued by Maine regulators for a proposed $1 billion power line called the New England Clean Air Connect (NECAC).