Governor LePage to Join Governors and Premiers in Quebec at Conference on Energy

Six Governors and five Eastern Canadian Premiers will collaborate on the region’s energy future 

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage will attend the 37th New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers Conference on September 8-9 in La Malbaie, Quebec.

 The conference is an opportunity to advance the mutual interests of six states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) and five provinces (New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec). This year’s conference will focus primarily on the region’s energy future.

“Both energy and environmental policy are critical for economic success,” said Governor LePage. “Through common-sense regulatory reform, greater utilization of Canadian and New England energy sources and allowing the private sector to drive energy innovation, we can build a more prosperous economy for Maine and the region."

Director of Energy Patrick Woodcock, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Patricia Aho and Senior Economic Policy Advisor John Butera will also attend the conference.

Background: The Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers is an inter-regional, bi-national, trans-border organization established in 1973 in recognition of the special bond that exists between the six New England states and the five Eastern Canadian provinces. Its members are the governors and the premiers of those provinces and states. The meetings are held alternately in New England and Eastern Canada. The last meeting was held in Burlington, Vermont in 2012.

Governors of the six New England States:

Hon. Dannel P. Malloy, Governor of Connecticut

Hon. Paul R. LePage, Governor of Maine

Hon. Deval L. Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts

Hon. Margaret Wood Hassan, Governor of New Hampshire

Hon. Lincoln D. Chafee, Governor of Rhode Island

Hon. Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont

Premiers of the five Eastern Canadian Provinces:

Hon. Pauline Marois, Premier of Quebec

Hon. Darrell Dexter, Premier of Nova Scotia

Hon. David Alward, Premier of New Brunswick

Hon. Robert Ghiz, Premier of Prince Edward Island

Hon. Kathy Dunderdale, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador