Pole installation got underway on Feb. 8 for part of the $1 billion Central Maine Power hydroelectric transmission corridor project in a widened portion of the existing corridor, while construction is on hold in a remote region of western Maine due to a delay in a federal appeals court case.
The 145-mile transmission link, called the Northeast Clean Energy Connect (NECEC), will be built on land owned or controlled by Central Maine Power, which says that the project will make energy, environmental and economic improvements.