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      <image:title>Project Benefits - CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS</image:title>
      <image:caption>The equivalent to at least 700,000 fewer cars on the road</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - LESS DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lower future natural gas costs and consumption. Generation resource replacement and diversification.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - LOWER ELECTRICITY RATES</image:title>
      <image:caption>$14-44 MILLION per year in lower future electricity costs in Maine</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - 1,600 CONSTRUCTION JOBS</image:title>
      <image:caption>1,600 JOBS per year average increase during construction</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - STATION UPGRADES</image:title>
      <image:caption>$200 MILLION in grid investments and upgrades</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - MILLIONS FOR MAINE’S ECONOMY</image:title>
      <image:caption>$573 MILLION increase in the state’s Gross Domestic Product during construction</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - WORKER COMPENSATION</image:title>
      <image:caption>$440 MILLION in total worker compensation during construction</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - LOCAL TAX REVENUE</image:title>
      <image:caption>$18 MILLION per year increase in host community tax revenues</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM</image:title>
      <image:caption>$10.5M for economic development and promotion of regional tourism</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - EDUCATION FUNDING</image:title>
      <image:caption>$6M for education funding, UMF, UMO, Franklin and Somerset Counties</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBAL BENEFITS</image:title>
      <image:caption>$3M in benefits to the Passamaquoddy Tribe</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - BROADBAND ACCESS</image:title>
      <image:caption>$15M for fiber optic and broadband expansion</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - LOW-INCOME RATE RELIEF</image:title>
      <image:caption>$50M for low-income consumer rate relief</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - INVESTMENTS TO LOWER ENERGY BILLS</image:title>
      <image:caption>$140M for consumer rate relief (40yrs.)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPORT</image:title>
      <image:caption>$15M for electric vehicle infrastructure AND REBATES</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - HEAT PUMP FUND</image:title>
      <image:caption>$15M for heat pump support</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - SNOWMOBILE TRAILS</image:title>
      <image:caption>More than 50 miles of expanded snowmobile and recreational trail opportunities</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - SECURITIZATION</image:title>
      <image:caption>$1M for securitization (an option to accelerate the receipt of benefits)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - LAND PRESERVATION</image:title>
      <image:caption>2,800 acres of conserved land; $6M for land conservation</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Project Benefits - CLEAN RENEWABLE POWER</image:title>
      <image:caption>$2.5M for decarbonization &amp; Maine energy resource planning studies (by 2022)</image:caption>
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