5.26.20 - Cuomo calls for new power lines, both in-state and from Canada
'Remarks on Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo calling for more in-state power transmission lines as well as one from Canada reignited the ongoing debates about how to satisfy the growing need for clean energy, especially in the highly populated New York metropolitan area.'
'Cuomo said he planned to meet with President Donald Trump on Wednesday to discuss infrastructure projects to help re-start the economy.'
'Among those were a long-discussed cross-state power line, which would bring power from western and northern New York to downstate, and the proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express, which would carry Canadian hydroelectric power via a buried line below Lake Champlain and the Hudson River to the city. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has also called for construction of such a line. The Hydro Quebec provincial power company operates large hydro dams and generators in the northern part of the province and they have long sought to sell the power to New York.'
'A New York firm, Transmission Developers Inc., is proposing to build the line, which they call the Champlain Hudson Power Express.'