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The Governor of the Maine, Paul LePage, has highlighted the benefits of building this high voltage line between the countries.

Madrid, Spain, May 27, 2013 - The Governor of the Maine, Paul LePage, has highlighted the benefits of building this high voltage line between the countries.

Iberdrolas work in the United States demonstrates Spains great capacity for carrying out extremely large international projects. The Spanish company is building a new high voltage line to link the United States and Canada. Iberdrola chairman Ignacio Snchez Galn, speaking on his recent visit to the city of Lewinston in Maine, a state in the north east of the United States that borders Canada, said this was an example of the companys international strategy of investing in latest generation electricity infrastructure.

Maine State Governor Paul LePage, speaking during the event to inaugurate the third of the projects six substations, spoke highly both of its benefits for customers as well as its contribution to the states economy.

The works began in the summer of 2010 and are being carried out by Central Maine Power, Iberdrolas subsidiary in the United States. The newly-opened substation has been linked to those that have already been completed at Albion Road, in the town of Benton, and another smaller one in the city of Monmouth.

Through its American subsidiary, Iberdrola has already increased the Gross Domestic Product of the state of Maine by between 0.5 and 0.7%. It has also created an average of 2,700 jobs per year, and has agreements in place with 390 contractor companies. The overall investment will stand at US$1.4 billion by 2015, when the works will be completed. By that time, the project will have created 800 kilometres of new high voltage lines that will cross the entire state of Maine. Snchez Galn said all this will be an initial step in being able to bring energy from other sources to the New England region.

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