The New York State Public Service Commission recently approved two segments of the Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission, a 339-mile transmission line being developed by Transmission Developers Inc., to deliver energy from Canada directly to New York City.
Additionally, the Commission approved changes to previously approved segments and an amendment to the project’s Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need.
The project was competitively selected under Tier 4 of the State’s Clean Energy Standard.
The 1,250-megawatt project is expected to be fully operational in the spring of 2026.
The Tier 4 program is part of the Commission’s Clean Energy Standard, which is designed to cost effectively and responsibly facilitate the delivery of a significant increase of renewable energy to the New York City, “an area of the state that relies on aging fossil fuel-fired generation located largely in under-served communities,” the PSC said.
One of the approved segments runs under Lake Champlain. This 96.5-mile segment begins at the US-Canadian border in the Village of Rouses Point, Town of Champlain, Clinton County, New York and ends in the Hamlet of Putnam Station, Town of Putnam, Washington County.
Other Action on Transmission
In addition to the Lake Champlain segment, the Commission also approved an approximately 3.5 mile-segment of underground transmission running between the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. Rainey Substation located in Long Island City, Queens and the New York Power Authority Astoria Annex located in Astoria, Queens.
Further, the Commission will allow the developer to make changes in the previously approved construction plans of segments being built in the towns of Ballston, Saratoga County, and Stony Point, Rockland County. These approved changes primarily involve shifts in the alignment outside of the project’s allowable deviation zone at four distinct locations.
The Commission also granted the developer’s request to approve changes to an approximately 0.8-mile segment of the project route in the Town and Village of Catskill, Greene County.
