Firms will construct plants in undisclosed locations in Texas and the mid-Atlantic region, with the first 1.2-GW facility set to operate in 2029, but no project investment total was disclosed.
Controversial rebuild of a pair of 20-in.-dia pipes
resting on the lake bottom with a single 30-in.-dia pipe inside a
concrete-lined tunnel still needs federal permit approval and has opponents.
Thomas Hill, who had led the Idaho contractor, apologized in a statement, saying "that no context or excuse can mitigate the pain associated with this
symbol.”
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation said in a letter to New York's governor that it has rescinded its earlier approval for New York City’s first-in-the-country congestion pricing program.