CENTRAL MAINE POWER

A group that wants to prevent the creation of a publicly-owned power company in Maine has submitted signatures to the state calling for a referendum to halt the project. The group is called No Blank Checks and it’s supported by the parent company of Central Maine Power, which is the largest utility in the state. The group’s petition calls...

Maine’s highest court on Tuesday upheld the lease for small section of state land for a $1 billion electric transmission corridor, delivering a victory to the project’s developers. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously that the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands acted within its authority in leasing a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) stretch of the 145-mile (233-kilometer) power transmission line....