Cheap power from rain and snow melt is good right. Some dont want it

Anti hydro argument is funded by "Some of the biggest donors to the opposition came from fossil-fuel companies. Energy firm NextEra gave over $20m, most of which was spent on television advertising. While the company supplies green energy elsewhere, in Maine it mostly delivers oil and gas. NextEra did not respond to a request for comment.
In total, opponents to the project spent twice as much on television advertising than the supporters"

Expensive with ""There's not a corner of the world that isn't being adversely affected by global warming, and it's getting worse at an accelerating rate in many places because we're unable to push back against the fossil fuel interests," he said.
After spending about $450m already on construction, work ground to a halt." Link to all of it

Oil gas and coal kicking butt in Maine oddly.

Our pumped hydro Snowy 2 has transmission lines not really in my preferred spot and its cost is OUCH more than it was supposed to cost or time it was supposed to take in Political Speak only of course