Less than two weeks ago, a Canadian energy company and a major wind power developer with turbines in Maine announced they had closed a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars to expand wind power projects across the Northeast.

But the announcement left out one important fact that could jeopardize the deal: Legal appeals had been filed just days before by the state's Office of the Public Advocate and a Maine utility company challenging a ruling by a state agency that cleared the way for the joint venture.

"I was somewhat surprised" to see the announcement... [continue via Web link]