Mass. utilities, Canadian hydro company file dueling lawsuits over new Maine transmission line

By: Jordan Wolman

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: September 14, 2026

Words: 1,049

Last Updated: 3 days, 21 hours ago

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In the latest twist in the effort to bring Canadian hydropower to Massachusetts, a scorched-earth legal battle has erupted between the state’s electric utilities and the Quebec-based company responsible for delivering energy into New England through a long-delayed Maine transmission line that flickered to life earlier this year.

Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil — the state’s three electric utilities — are suing Hydro-Quebec in federal court for shutting off power just eight days after the …

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