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LePage Makes Previously Undisclosed Trip To Spain To Talk With CMP Owner Iberdrola

Gov. Paul LePage’s office confirms that, before heading to Iceland for a trade mission, he traveled to Spain for a previously unannounced meeting with leaders of the company that owns Central Maine Power.The governor’s spokeswoman, Julie Rabinowitz, says LePage met with Spanish electrical supply company Iberdrola last Tuesday morning.

“He and the company officials discussed ways to lower energy costs for Maine ratepayers, which has been a high priority for the governor since he took office,” she says.

Rabinowitz didn’t release details of what was discussed.

The governor’s meeting with Iberdrola comes as CMP seeks to build a 145-mile transmission line through western Maine to bring Hydro Power from Canada to Massachusetts. The Maine Public Utilities Commission is holding hearings Monday in Augusta on that project, with a decision on the proposal expected in late December.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.