4.18.24 - PSC Approves Construction Plans for Multiple Segments of Champlain Hudson Power Express Project
' ALBANY — In celebration of Earth Week, the New York State Public Service Commission
(Commission) today approved two segments of the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE)
transmission, a 339-mile transmission line being developed by Transmission Developers Inc., to
deliver reliable clean energy from Canada directly to New York City. Additionally, the Commission
approved changes to previously approved segments and an amendment to the project’s Certificate of
Environmental Compatibility and Public Need.
“The Champlain Hudson project reinforces the backbone of our energy system,” said Commission
Chair Rory M. Christian. “In addition to helping ensure a clean energy future, projects such as these
are strengthening the safety and reliability of the transmission system. Champlain Hudson will play a
key role in our comprehensive plan to modernize our State's transmission system so that it delivers
clean energy to all New Yorkers, while advancing our climate goals and creating clean-energy jobs.”
The critically important transmission line is expected to bring $3.5 billion in economic benefits to New
Yorkers while creating nearly 1,400 family-sustaining union jobs during construction. The project was
competitively selected under Tier 4 of the State’s Clean Energy Standard and is considered a key
project that will help achieve New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act goal to
obtain 70 percent of electricity statewide from renewable sources by 2030 on the path to a zero
emission grid.
The 1,250-megawatt project is expected to power more than one million homes and will reduce
carbon emissions by 37 million metric tons statewide, the equivalent of taking over half a million cars
off the road every year. The transmission line is expected to be fully operational in the spring of 2026.
Earth Week this year runs from April 22 to April 26. '