Proposed transmission line from western Maine wind farm before state utility regulators

Hearing set for proposed Maine transmission line

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine utility regulators will take public testimony on Central Maine Power Co.’s plan to build a transmission line from the Record Hill wind farm in western Maine to CMP’s transmission grid.

The Public Utilities Commission’s hearing will be on Tuesday evening.

The new 115 kilovolt line would go from the wind farm, which is under construction, through the towns of Rumford, Roxbury and Mexico. Due to New England-wide transmission policy, the Record Hill company must reimburse virtually all of CMP’s costs to build the new line.

The PUC says this may be the only hearing on the issue.

Central Maine Power is a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA.