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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Firm denies claims, says lawmaker backs state-owned power
Advertisement AVANGRID Inc., a sustainable energy company, has announced that it has received the Presidential Permit from the US Department of Energy for its New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project, thus successfully completing all major permitting. The project also marked the start of construction with the commencement of clearing activities and installation of temporary access roads to prepare for the installation of the monopoles that will carry the transmission line. In partnership with Hydro-Quebec, the NECEC will bring clean hydropower from Quebec, Canada, significantly reduci...
Central Maine Power Co.’s proposal for a 145-mile electricity transmission line through the western part of the state has cleared its final regulatory hurdle, but now faces a potential legal one. The company and its parent, Connecticut-based Avangrid Inc. (NYSE: AGR), last week received a Presidential Permit from the U.S. Department of Energy for the $950 million New England Clean Energy Connect project. The permit is required for any transmission line that crosses a U.S. border into another country. The NECEC corridor will import renewably produced hydropower from Hydro-Quebec in Canada an...
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Controversial power project gets final permit, plans may have to wait for construction to start A federal appeals court called a halt to some work pending further review of a legal case brought by foes of the hydropower transmission line through western Maine. Share Power lines snake across the landscape Friday afternoon into and out of the substation on Larrabee Road in Lewiston. Hydropower from Quebec will come through the substation before being sent to Massachusetts, if the New England Clean Energy Connect project is completed. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Shortly after the New England ...