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Maine still pursuing Canadian electricity
The LePage administration wants Hydro-Quebec to sell power here, possibly at the expense of wind and biomass generators.
More than 30 years ago, Gordon Weil and then-Gov. Joseph Brennan traveled to Montreal to meet with Quebec Premier Rene Levesque. They met at the headquarters of the provincial power company, Hydro-Quebec.
January 20, 2013
by Tux Turkel
in Maine Sunday Telegram
The LePage administration wants Hydro-Quebec to sell power here, possibly at the expense of wind and biomass generators.
More than 30 years ago, Gordon Weil and then-Gov. Joseph Brennan traveled to Montreal to meet with Quebec Premier Rene Levesque. They met at the headquarters of the provincial power company, Hydro-Quebec.
Weil, then Maine's energy office director, recalls a sense of optimism about tapping into cheap energy from a province flexing its economic and political muscle. Hydro-Quebec was hard at work on the La Grande complex at James Bay, then the world's largest hydroelectric system, and was looking for export opportunities. At home,... [continue via Web link]
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