On January 5, 2016, the Vermont Public Service Board issued a Section 248 Certificate of Public Good for the installation and construction of TDI New England’s proposed “New England Clean Power Link Project,” also known as the NECPL. The NECPL is a 1,000 MW electric transmission line that will supply renewable energy from Canada to the New England region, and is one of the largest electric generation or transmission projects ever to be approved in Vermont. The line will run underwater or underground for approximately 154-miles from Alburgh to Ludlow, through Lake Champlain and within public road rights-of-way.
With its order approving the NECPL, the Public Service Board issued a press release noting its finding that “the transmission line will provide significant environmental, electrical, and economic benefits for Vermont and the region, including, diversifying the state and regional fuel supply, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, creating hundreds of in-state construction jobs, producing over a billion dollars in new state and local revenues and public good benefits, and potentially lowering electricity costs.” TDI New England has committed hundreds of millions of dollars over the Project’s lifetime towards the creation of several public good benefit funds to support clean-up efforts for Lake Champlain, state renewable energy programs, and Vermont electric ratepayer relief.
SRH Law represents TDI New England, and handled the Project’s Section 248 Petition before the Public Service Board. For the full text of the Board’s Final Order and CPG, see the Public Service Board website. Read more about the Public Service Board’s approval of the NECPL in the Burlington Free Press article “Under-lake power cable approved by VT.”
