NextEra Is Blocking a Major New Clean Power Transmission Project - Governors' Wind Energy Coalition
Governors' Wind Energy Coalition NextEra Is Blocking a Major New Clean Power Transmission Project Source: By Will Wade, Bloomberg • Posted: Sunday, May 23, 2021 The clean electricity giant is moving to squelch competition at the expense of the energy transition. A major new transmission line intended to pipe carbon-free hydropower from Canada into the U.S. Northeast has met a powerful opponent: the world’s largest provider of renewable energy. The 145-mile (233-kilometer), nearly $1 billion transmission line, known as New England Clean Energy Connect, broke ground i...