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State finds that CMP complied with tree-cutting regulations for transmission corridor

State finds that CMP complied with tree-cutting regulations for transmission corridor

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Regulators say Central Maine Power’s parent company did not violate the terms of it’s permit to cut a swath through woods in western Maine for it’s new transmission corridor.

According to the Portland Press Herald, critics of the Clean Energy Connect accused the company of cutting too wide a swath for the transmission line, which will deliver Canadian hydropower to Massachusetts.

But representatives from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection said during a Friday briefing with lawmakers that a monitor visited the area in question and found no violations.

 

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