Hochul Touts Green Transmission Lines Coming to NYC from Upstate and Quebec
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced two contracts to build long-distance green power transmission lines to New York City. In opening remarks at Climate Week NYC, the governor noted that the city has had to rely on fossil fuels “because it’s not hooked up to renewable sources upstate.”
One project will build a 174-mile transmission line from Delaware County to the Rainey Substation in Queens. The other is a 339-mile project that will extend from Quebec to Queens’ Astoria substation.
Combining wind, solar and hydropower, the two projects will bring “nearly 18 million mega hours of renewable energy to New York City annually, enough to power two and a half million homes a year,” Hochul said.
She said the projects would play “a major role in allowing New York City to retire its reliance on fossil fuel plants that have been polluting too many parts of our city. “
- ◦Development
- ◦Policy/Gov't