Partners TransCanada PipeLines and ConocoPhillips suspended plans to build an LNG terminal in Harpswell, Maine, after the town residents voted March 9 against leasing town-owned land at a former naval fuel depot for the project.
The $350-million Fairwinds LNG project would have allowed imports of 500 million cu ft per day of natural gas into New England and brought the town $8-million/year in fees and taxes. But the plan was opposed by groups who said it would harm fishing and "industrialize" the town. It was defeated in a 55% to 45% vote.