“Really what we're talking about is not necessarily just a source of generation, but it's a source of flexibility and the ability to move power to where it's needed,” he said. Sam Evans-Brown, executive director of Clean Energy New Hampshire, said the bi-directional capability is the most interesting part of the project. National Grid also says it could help support clean energy development in New England, because the transmission lines would be bi-directional, meaning they could bring Canadian hydropower into New England, but also bring extra electricity from New England back to Quebec. “As a result, New Hampshire communities would receive significant new benefits in the form of property tax revenues, while experiencing minimal impacts,” said John Lamontagne, a National Grid spokesperson. National Grid says they expect to receive support in New Hampshire, despite previous resistance to transmission development in the state, because it’s making use of existing transmission corridors and does not require buying a lot of land or creating new routes for transmission. The project will also dedicate $100 million towards “community benefit programs” that could take the shape of energy assistance, weatherization or neighborhood renewable energy developments. National Grid says it would help keep the power grid more reliable, save customers billions of dollars and create thousands of construction jobs. The project would connect with the New England power grid in Londonderry.Ĭlick here for a map of the Twin States proposal About 110 miles of transmission would be located within current infrastructure existing lines would be replaced with new wires that can handle more electricity. 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.
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