Clean Energy Matters

Maine’s like no other place. The clean energy corridor will keep it that way.

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

#DidYouKnow 2/3rds of the clean energy corridor will run along existing transmission lines, and connect to the energy grid in Lewiston, not in Massachusetts.

Connecting all that power to Maine means we benefit from a stronger electrical grid and lower energy prices. #mepolitics

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

cc: @NRCMenvironment @nexteraenergy #mepolitics

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

going to be hard to do anything on climate if voters' position on new energy infrastructure is "i'd rather not"

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

Polls close in just 3 hours! Find your polling place now to vote NO on Question 1 and support clean energy in Maine. https://t.co/9BL2IHZ9yz

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

TODAY IS THE DAY! Vote NO on Question 1 to support clean energy in Maine. Find your polling place here: https://t.co/9BL2IIgKq7

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

As a reminder, NextEra is number 12 on the UMass PERI Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index. Exxon Mobile is number 11. #mepolitics

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[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

For those following the Maine ethics commission investigation into the fossil fuel industry linked anti-corridor group, NRCM’s Pete Didisheim told a reporter he “forgot” how much his organization had taken from them. #mepolitics

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

DID YOU KNOW? The Clean Energy Corridor will connect 1,200 MW of clean, renewable hydropower to the grid in Lewiston, leading to energy savings for Mainers in every corner of the state.

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

Two-thirds of the Clean Energy Corridor will be built along existing transmission lines. As Wayne from Portland points out, the remaining one-third will be built in commercial logging forest -- NOT pristine forestland.

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

HAPPENING NOW: Maine workers are holding a rally in Augusta to save their jobs, urging everyone to vote NO on Question 1. #mepolitics

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

The choice is clear: Saying "No" to Question 1 is saying "Yes" to Maine's clean energy future. https://t.co/nJEgizqCyd

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

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[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

@ballotpedia lists Maine Question 1 as the top to watch in 2021.

“[Q1] sponsors hired Revolution Field Strategies to collect signatures for the petition to qualify this measure for the ballot. A total of $2,048,794 was spent… resulting in a total cost per signature of $32.49”

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

The Clean Energy Corridor has already created hundreds of good jobs in Maine, and is on track to create many more -- but the fossil fuel-funded opponents of the project want to eliminate these jobs to protect their profits. https://t.co/3aR73QBNNE

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

“Who’s trying to stop this project? Surprise! It’s the polluters – the gas-fired electric utilities who are funding the opposition campaign to defeat clean energy . . . want this project to fail because they’ll lose billions of dollars if it doesn’t.” https://t.co/lfa3GuGs4z

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

In her weekly address, Governor Janet Mills urged Mainers to vote No on Question 1:

#mepolitics

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

U.S. Secretary of Energy urging Mainers to vote NO on 1 next Tuesday. #mepolitics

[Secretary Jennifer Granholm @SecGranholm]

The @NECEC_ME transmission line will bring clean energy to New England and reduce carbon emissions equivalent to taking 700k cars off the road. I hope Mainers vote NO on ONE to keep this project moving and reliable, affordable, #CleanEnergy flowing!

Here's what's at stake 👇1/3

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

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[Secretary Jennifer Granholm @SecGranholm]

The @NECEC_ME transmission line will bring clean energy to New England and reduce carbon emissions equivalent to taking 700k cars off the road. I hope Mainers vote NO on ONE to keep this project moving and reliable, affordable, #CleanEnergy flowing!

Here's what's at stake 👇1/3

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

Lewiston is seeing big benefits from the Clean Energy Corridor -- check out the details here: https://t.co/Q4AeH0IeCs

[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

FACT CHECK: Question 1 will impact two other leases: https://t.co/A6DV5SsxdF

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[Clean Energy Matters @cleanenergyME]

FACT CHECK: The electricity from the Clean Energy Corridor enters the grid in Lewiston, Maine. That means it will go out to Maine homes and businesses. #mepolitics