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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 27 O C T O B E R 3 0 , 2 0 1 7 jobs averaging 1,700 per year during project development and construction and more than 3,000 jobs supported by the project during the peak years of construction. I think the project has a great ben- efi t for both Maine and New England. ere are two other interesting ben- efi ts to Maine in terms of reliability. If we win and we build this line, there are two major portions of this project: We have to put the line in and then there are all the upgrades we have to do with the new system to move the energy out of Maine. All of those upgrades make the Maine system more reliable. So Maine gets a stronger, more reliable grid. e other point I'd like to make is this: If we want to deal with Hydro- Quebec, there's no better way than to do it through an RFP. ey are bid- ding three diff erent times [i.e. CMP's New England Clean Energy Connect, Northern Pass and New England Clean Power Link.] I'm sure they could fi gure out that this was going to be a robust response to Massachusetts' RFP. So if you want to be the winner you've got to come in with the best price. J a m e s M c C a r t h Y , M a i n e b i z d i g i t a l e d i t o r , c a n b e r e a c h e d a t J m c c a r t h Y @ m a i N e b i Z . b i Z F O C U S WWW.NEPREQUAL.COM Construction Prequalification Services INFORMATION ASSURANCE TRUST 103 Park Street Lewiston, ME 04243 Tel: (844)NEP-QUAL (637-7825) PREQUAL builds a BETTER project. WWW.NEPREQUAL.COM Construction Prequalification Services INFORMATION ASSURANCE TRUST 103 Park Street Lewiston, ME 04243 Tel: (844)NEP-QUAL (637-7825) PREQUAL builds a BETTER project. F I L E P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY Sara Burns, CMP president and CEO, reviews a circuit diagram with Tom DePeter, director of operations, at CMP in Augusta.