#Maine

US Department of Energy (DOE) selected Avangrid for a $425 million capacity contract for its Aroostook Renewable Project.

USA, Maine: The construction of 233 km (145 mi) transmission line in Maine will soon resume after the state has removed the suspension order on the project.

Maine regulators have approved the construction of Longroad Energy’s 1 GW King Pine wind farm and LS Power Base’s 345 kV transmission line.

K&A Engineering Consulting, P.C. won programme management services for Central Maine Power Co. and USAID’s SURE II contract work for Energy II IDIQ.

USA, Maine, Blue Hill: Versant Power, formerly Emera Maine, has built a new substation in Blue Hill to replace an aging 50-year-old facility.

Central Maine Power’s New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) has awarded more than $300 M in contracts to upgrade transmission lines and clear land.

Maine: A damaged transformer at the substation in York Beach caused widespread power outages throughout York affecting more than 6,000.

Hydro-Québec and Central Maine Power increased their offer to Maine as the two are eager to get transmission line approval to connect Quebec to New England’s grid.

USA, Massachusetts: With Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts shutting down permanently in mid-2019, the site is being considered by another energy producer for the construction of a new power substation to be built as part of the $1.5 billion sub-Atlantic transmission project.