Proposed Hydro-Quebec Deal Grabs Baldacci's Attention
Hydro-Quebec would take over the majority of NB Power's assets - including transmission lines to Maine. Read More...
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Maine governor eager to talk energy with Charest in wake of Quebec-NB power deal
By Andy Blatchford (CP) – 11/22/09
MONTREAL — [Maine’s] governor...is worried about the proposed mega sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec...
In the tentative agreement, Hydro-Quebec would take over the majority of NB Power's assets - including transmission lines to Maine - and add more than 370,000 customers to its base.
The proposal would...place the province in a strategic position to cut off its Maritime competitors - including those who have been eyeing their own energy-export opportunities to New England.
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