Request surprises energy corridor group
A state group debating policy over energy corridors was thrown a curve ball when large electricity users requested an extension of a moratorium on corridor development last week.
The extension request, made to the Commission to Study Energy Infrastructure, is intended to allow for the creation of a commission to further review energy corridors, a proposal which could cause significant delays in Maine's attempts to develop energy corridors with Canada, according to the Portland Press Herald. The 13-member study group has been meeting since September to seek an agreement on how Maine can benefit from proposed transmission projects that will carry power from Canada to the Northeast and were reaching consensus, according to co-chair Sen. Barry Hobbins, before the request was filed.
Keith Van Scotter, who serves on the study group and is president of Lincoln Paper and Tissue, said large power users want Maine to benefit from energy corridors by using money from leasing the corridors to reduce electricity costs, rather than seeing it go into a general pot overseen by Efficiency Maine Trust for weatherization projects, according to the paper. The study group meets tomorrow in advance of its Dec. 2 deadline to file recommendations.
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