US$2.2 billion project to carry hydroelectric power across the border

The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a Presidential Permit to Transmission Developers for its US$2.2 billion electric transmission line to carry lower-cost Canadian hydroelectric power to New York City.

The 333-mile  Champlain Hudson Power Express line will run under the length of Lake Champlain, through parts of the Hudson, Harlem and East rivers and beneath railroad rights of way from Quebec to Queens. The High Voltage direct current (HVdc) cable will be placed in waterways or buried along railway routes to minimize impacts to local communities and the environment, the Albany, NY-based developer said in a statement.

Transmission Developers submitted its application for the DOE permit in July 2010. Construction is expected to take about four years.

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