The state Supreme Court in March ordered the Maine Public Utilities commission to re-examine the partnership – a subsidiary of Nova Scotia-based Emera has 49% - it first consented in 2012.

The joint venture is Northeast Wind Partners.

Opponents argued before the PUC that the joint venture would violate Maine’s electric industry deregulation that took effect in 2000 that restricts power transmission and distributors like Emera Maine from also owning generation assets.

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