Canadian tribes threaten to sue over transmission corridor
Source: AP
MONTREAL (AP) — Several tribes are threatening to sue to stop construction on the Canadian side of the border on a transmission corridor that aims to provide hydropower to the New England power grid.
The New England Clean Energy Connect calls for a 145-mile (233-kilometer) transmission line in Maine to bring electricity produced by Hydro-Quebec to the New England grid. But it also requires 64 miles (103 kilometers) of new transmission lines in Quebec.
If the plan isn’t scuttled, then the tribes intend to sue in provincial court. The five tribes comprised of the Anishnabeg, Atilamekw and Innu nations represent about 7,000 people, Maine Public reported.
The Canadian transmission line would not cross tribal land, but the tribes contend that more than a third of the electricity will be produced from dams on land the tribes never ceded to the Canadian government.
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