Hydropower transmission corridor to be renegotiated because of cost increases
1 year, 5 months ago

Hydropower transmission corridor to be renegotiated because of cost increases

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Partners on a $1 billion project aimed at bringing Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid are trying to sort out how cost increases during lengthy litigation will be shared, in hopes of getting the stalled project moving. In April, a jury in Maine ruled that developers, Central Maine Power’s corporate parent and Hydro-Quebec, completed enough work to have a vested rights to finish the project. Avangrid and Hydro-Quebec partnered on the project to build a power line to serve as a conduit for up to 1,200 megawatts of Canadian hydropower with a goal of meeting green energy goals in Massachusetts. The regional power grid operator was supportive of the project, stating previously that the region’s “ambitious climate goals will require building significant amounts of new infrastructure.” ___ LeBlanc reported from Boston.

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Massachusetts Ratepayers to Pay $512M for Transmission Line for Canadian Hydropower
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Massachusetts Ratepayers to Pay $512M for Transmission Line for Canadian Hydropower

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Massachusetts ratepayers will be charged an additional $512 million for the construction of a power transmission line for Canadian hydropower. The project, initially estimated at $1 billion, has faced delays and cost overruns, with the final cost estimated at $1.5 billion. Despite the additional costs, supporters argue that the project will lower electric rates, reduce carbon pollution, and help Massachusetts …

Massachusetts Ratepayers to Pay $512M for Transmission Line Delay
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Massachusetts Ratepayers to Pay $512M for Transmission Line Delay

Associated Press  

Massachusetts ratepayers will be responsible for an additional $512 million in transmission costs due to project delays and inflation. The project, which aims to provide clean energy to 1 million homes, will now cost an estimated $1.5 billion. Supporters argue that the project will lower electric rates and reduce carbon pollution, but opponents are concerned about the environmental impact of …

Maine hydropower corridor will resume construction despite big jump in cost, CEO says
1 year, 4 months ago

Maine hydropower corridor will resume construction despite big jump in cost, CEO says

Associated Press  

LEWISTON, Maine — Construction in Maine will resume next week on an electricity transmission project bringing Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid despite a half-billion dollar cost increase, the head of Avangrid said Thursday. CEO Pedro Azagra Blazquez said on an earnings call that the cost of the project, originally estimated at around $1 billion, has grown to …

Work on Maine hydropower transmission line can restart, state says
1 year, 7 months ago

Work on Maine hydropower transmission line can restart, state says

Associated Press  

LEWISTON, Maine — The construction of a 145-mile transmission line in Maine will be able to resume now that the state has removed a suspension order on the project. The New England Clean Energy Connect project is no longer suspended, as it had been since fall 2021, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection said Tuesday. The department’s ruling came less …

Voters Killed A Project To Get New England Off Fossil Fuels. A Court May Have Just Saved It.
2 years, 3 months ago

Voters Killed A Project To Get New England Off Fossil Fuels. A Court May Have Just Saved It.

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LOADING ERROR LOADING When Maine voters went to the polls last November, their ballots asked them to decide whether the state should prohibit construction on the Central Maine Power Company’s $1 billion transmission line from Canada. On Tuesday, Maine’s high court ruled that the referendum may have violated the utility company’s right to build, throwing the New England Clean Energy …

Maine supreme court breathes new life into power project
2 years, 3 months ago

Maine supreme court breathes new life into power project

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s highest court on Tuesday breathed new life into a $1 billion transmission line to serve as conduit for Canadian hydropower, ruling there was merit in developers’ claims that a referendum rebuking the project was unconstitutional. The Supreme Judicial Court concluded that the retroactive nature of the statewide vote to stop the project would violate the developers’ …

Hydro-Quebec halts work on its part of hydropower corridor
2 years, 10 months ago

Hydro-Quebec halts work on its part of hydropower corridor

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — With construction halted on a 145-mile power line in Maine, a Canadian partner on the project is following suit and temporarily halting construction on the other side of the border. Hydro-Quebec advised a regulatory agency in Canada that it hopes to be able to resume construction “and remains convinced of the value, merits and importance of the …

DEP commissioner suspends permit for $1B transmission line
3 years, 1 month ago

DEP commissioner suspends permit for $1B transmission line

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PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s environmental commissioner suspended a permit Tuesday for a $1 billion electricity transmission line, delivering another blow to the project aimed at bringing Canadian hydropower to New England. Commissioner Melanie Loyzim’s decision comes after Maine residents rebuked the project in a referendum and the developers suspended construction under pressure from the governor. The latest developments follow years …

Power line campaign is most expensive in Maine history
3 years, 1 month ago

Power line campaign is most expensive in Maine history

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Mainers have weighed in on a number of high-profile ballot questions — casinos, universal health care, marijuana legalization, assisted suicide, abortion and same-sex marriage, to name a few. More than $90 million from utilities has flowed into the fight over the $1 billion project funded by ratepayers in Massachusetts that supporters say would remove carbon from the …

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