[CoolCommunities] CMP/power lines/an alternative? - Kittery meeting

[Diane Brandon]

 From the Green Alliance eNewsletter - sounds interesting and worth  
learning about - perhaps you all receive the Green Alliance eNews,  
but in case some don't, here's the info:

Central Maine Power Company has proposed a major $1.5 billion upgrade  
of its transmission grid to accommodate what it projects to be growth  
in peak load over the next decade.  This project will impact hundreds  
of private landowners across south and central Maine as CMP exercises  
its right of eminent domain to take land for new transmission  
corridors and to expand existing ones.

A new Maine company, GridSolar, has proposed a Smart Grid alternative  
- the GridSolar Project.  The GridSolar Project will meet peak load  
growth by developing distributed solar generation in those regions of  
Maine where such load growth occurs.  It represents a lower cost  
option, one that is environmentally less impactful, does not require  
the use of eminent domain and creates the potential for thousands of  
new "green" jobs.

Learn more about this exciting project this month at the Grid Solar  
Forum hosted by Kittery's Energy Committee at the Kittery Trading  
Post, Rt. 1, in Kittery, ME, at 6:30 on May 5th. This event is free  
and open to the public. For more info contact sarah at greenalliance.biz  
or go to www.gridsolarme.com