New Hampshire Supreme Court strikes down appeal for Northern Pass transmission permit

Utility Dive: As states in the Northeast set more ambitious clean energy goals, inter-state transmission projects are facing opposition as stakeholders cast doubt on the projects' overall economic and environmental benefits.

Eversource needed to secure state permits for the project to bring electricity from Hydro-Québec's dams in Canada to New England. Hydro-Québec partnered with Central Maine Power on a separate transmission project, the New England Clean Energy Connect, to provide more capacity to northeastern utilities.

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