Protect Maine Farmland is a substack about energy policy in Maine and New England, because this energy policy specifically impacts—and sometimes aims to take—fields, farmland, and forest in rural Maine to place solar panels, transmission lines, and wind turbines.
As of January 2026, one of Maine’s primary energy goals is to accomplish the Northern Maine Transmission Line and Wind Turbine project. This electricity is intended to be sold through Power Purchase Agreements to CT, RI, Mass, and VT.
This substack started because of a proposed transmission line. Then, the writer and her friends became fascinated with the impacts of modern energy policy on rural life.
Now, many nights, you will find me home, chatting about electrical billing and electrical legislation on telegram.
It is not what I ever thought I would be doing with my evenings.
Contact
protectmainefarmland@proton.me
How you can help:
Please visit Preserve Rural Maine preserveruralmaine.org, the non-profit entity which will organize legal efforts to preserve and protect our land.
Please subscribe to this substack (it’s free) and to Landowner’s Voice. This will help us stay in contact with you, and help you stay informed about what is happening with the proposed project.
