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LITCHFIELD -- David Ledew and his wife, Kathy, couldn't decide whether to take Central Maine Power Co. up on...
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Clyde Dyar of Mount Vernon, ME
May 18, 2008 11:33 AM
Here is the link for the aforementioned article.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903E5DD1231F93BA15751C0A9649C8B63report abuse
Clyde Dyar of Mount Vernon, ME
May 18, 2008 11:29 AM
Why do we look at expanding the capability of transmitting more electricity when there is a gridlock in New Hampshire that prevents more electricity from being exported to the rest of New England? Maine currently has an excess of electricity and no place to send it because of the gridlock in New Hampshire. It is easy to say that Central Maine Power is going pay for this updated power line. You must ask who pays the cost and where does that money come from. Do you have extra money to pay more for electricity? You pay for transmission costs (check your bill). We can all take a lesson on power problems from articles such as the one in the Sunday, May 18, 2008, issue of the New York Times. New England is looking at a severe shortage of power. You must examine very carefully who will benefit from this updated power line. If it is built the citizens of Maine will not benefit. Maine has a contract with the New England Power Consortium and you will pay the same rate until the contract is over and most likely more when a new contract is signed. The legislature needs to study this issue long before it is done to see all the ramifications of this proposed project. We also need to take a look at the real reason New Hampshire doesn't expand its grid system capabilities.report abuse
wingnut of Vassalboro, ME
May 18, 2008 9:32 AM
It's not a tough choice..move away or develop cancer..hummmmm, that to do..what to do!report abuse
Laura of Winthrop, ME
May 18, 2008 9:28 AM
I would sell and move far away from EMF fields.
They are way more dangerous than we are told.
Just do a little research online about EMF's and you would not want to be anywhere near them.report abuse

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