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Energy & Grid Management
Kent Knutson
Kent Knutson
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·Posted in Energy & Grid Management
Fri, Apr 21

Maine jury delivers hydro relief for Massachusetts

Maine jury votes 9-0 to allow $1 billion transmission project to continue!
 
On April 20, 2023, a Maine Business and Consumer Court jury voted unanimously to allow AVANGRID to continue the construction of the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) Transmission Project. The 320kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) project spans nearly 145 miles from the Appalaches sub-station in Saint-Adrien-d’Irlande, Québec, Canada, to the Lewiston substation in southern Maine. Along with the HVDC power line construction, NECEC involves roughly 80 miles of new 345kV/substation development. The project will enable up to 1,200 MW of Canadian hydropower to flow to the New England power grid. The project is expected to be energized in 2025. Anne George, Vice President at ISO New England Inc., the region’s power grid operator, said, “The verdict is critical to developing the type of energy infrastructure needed to build a clean and reliable power grid.”