US regulators approve Canada-NYC power line

Miami Herald:  ALBANY, N.Y. -- Federal regulators have completed the environmental review of a proposed 330-mile transmission line to bring lower-cost Canadian hydroelectric power to New York City, the project's developer announced Monday.

Albany-based Transmission Developers said the U.S. Department of Energy's approval of the environmental impact statement clears the way for final permitting of the 1,000-megawatt Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line, which has been in development since 2008.

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