Archive - Protect Maine Farmland

The weekly update: Transmission Line RFPs

LD 2226, and Community Benefits Packages (are cringe)

Mar 16

7:03

Good news this week!

LD 2174 defeated. Eminent domain rulemaking is pretty good.

Mar 6

10:52

What happened at the LD 2174 public hearing?

Nobody wants to claim responsibility for writing this thing.

Mar 2

10:40

February 2026

Rural Resource Extraction. Putting LD 2174 in context.

What are the cultural and social impacts of policies like this?

Feb 25

8:27

LD 2174: Intends to make local ordinances null and void.

And, possibly, the legislation is unconstitutional.

Feb 24

6:58

LD 2174--Unconstitutional Power Grab?

This bill in the Environmental Committee aims to infringe Home Rule by voiding Solar Ordinances and Wind Ordinances

Feb 23

LD 2174 - A Bill that Erodes Home Rule

All Ordinances regarding wind, solar, battery storage, and transmission lines would be Made Void

Published on Landowners' Voice • Feb 22

Inflation compared to electric price increases

Maine electric prices inflated by 63% in the past five years, but general inflation was only 16%.

Feb 20

Home Rule and Local Ordinances

Do the bidders know?

Feb 19

5:44

The tale of two transmission line RFPs

ISO-NE and Maine PUC both have transmission line RFPs for Maine. We discuss.

Feb 13

5:24

Comparing Financials for ISO-NE and NMISA

Feb 13

Why do the Maine non-profit electric coops charge less than the for-profit T&Ds?

$117 per month vs $175, on average

Feb 12

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