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New line cost could hit Maine
A federal law designed to ease electricity transmission bottlenecks and improve power reliability could hit Maine ratepayers in the pocketbooks, twice.
The measure could force the construction of transmission lines to move Maine’s surplus power south. Not only could the loss of the surplus increase the price of electricity in the state, but Maine consumers would also have to pay part of the cost of building the lines.
December 10, 2006
by Alan Crowell, Staff Writer
in Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
A federal law designed to ease electricity transmission bottlenecks and improve power reliability could hit Maine ratepayers in the pocketbooks, twice.
The measure could force the construction of transmission lines to move Maine’s surplus power south. Not only could the loss of the surplus increase the price of electricity in the state, but Maine consumers would also have to pay part of the cost of building the lines.
State regulators say they are fighting to make sure the law doesn’t hurt Maine ratepayers or take away the right of Maine agencies to decide where, or if, a transmission line should... [continue via Web link]
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