Massachusetts utilities and energy officials have identified a Maine transmission project to deliver renewable energy from Quebec in case its preferred Northern Pass project doesn’t overcome a rejection from a New Hampshire siting board.
The backup plan announced on Feb. 16, designated New England Clean Energy Connect, a 145-mile power-line project that would be built by Central Maine Power Co.The Avingrid subsidiary proposed the $950 million project in a joint bid with Hydro-Québec to deliver renewable energy from Québec to the New England grid.