![]() In New Hampshire, about 25 miles of the transmission route would be buried along Route 135 near Dalton, Littleton and Monroe. The transmission lines along existing corridors and new buried transmission lines would provide 1,200 megawatts of transmission capacity between Quebec and New England. The proposal comes after yearslong efforts in New England to bring Canadian hydropower into the region, including the failed Northern Pass project.įor more on Canadian hydropower, listen to Outside/In’s 2017 series “Powerline” National Grid, which already owns and operates transmission lines in the region, and the non-profit Citizens Energy Corporation, are collaborating on the project, and partnering with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the Northeastern Vermont Development Association. “Twin States is a thoughtfully designed project that respects New Hampshire's natural beauty, minimizing visual impacts while delivering much-needed new clean energy to our state and across New England,” Sununu wrote in a letter to the U.S. The Twin States Clean Energy Link is a proposal to move that hydropower using existing routes for power lines and new, buried power lines along state roadways. Chris Sununu expressed his support today for a proposed electric transmission project that could bring hydropower from Canada into New England through Vermont and New Hampshire. That came just a week after taking the utility executives’ donations for her gubernatorial campaign.Gov. ![]() Coakley also asked the utility to delay the rate hikes until next spring. The donations came as Coakley’s campaign has been scrambling for cash to pay for last-minute TV ads and make up for a significant fundraising shortfall compared to GOP rival Charlie Baker.Ĭoakley, who is charged by law with being a “ratepayer advocate” against utility company rate hikes and service complaints, issued a release three weeks ago urging the DPU to get National Grid to “mitigate” the steep rate increases, slated to go into effect next month just before another cold winter. National Grid’s federal lobbying firm, Kearney, Donovan & McGee, was reimbursed two different times by Coakley’s campaign, including once this month, for “venue and catering” expenses for two apparent fundraisers at its Boston office. And last week, just after the AG wrote a mildly worded letter asking National Grid to delay its rate increase, she accepted donations totaling $1,000 from National Grid’s executive director, Thomas King, and two other high-ranking executives. 22, according to campaign finance records. Three other National Grid executives also donated to Coakley on Sept. 22, just one day before the Department of Public Utilities approved a 37 percent rate hike. ![]() Records show National Grid’s Massachusetts president, Marcy Reed, handed over a $500 check to Coakley’s cash-strapped gubernatorial campaign on Sept. ![]() Attorney General Martha Coakley, charged with protecting ratepayers against utility company price gouging, held two gubernatorial campaign fundraisers hosted by National Grid’s lobbyist this year and accepted donations from the utility’s top executives right before they socked it to ratepayers with big hikes in electric bills.
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