A 339-mile Transmission Line that will ship, Energy from Canada down to a plant in Astoria, was approved by State Regulators on Thursday, following months of Debate.
Known as Champlain Hudson Power Express, the Project will draw Energy from Hydropower Dams in Quebec, Underground along the Hudson River, and end at a newly built Power Station at the Northern edge of Astoria, near the Con Edison Plants.
Supporters, including Gov. Kathy Hochul's (D) Administration, say it will be crucial in helping the City reach its Clean Energy Goals, but the Project drew Opposition from what is called "a ragtag alliance of environmentalists, gas-fired generators and Indigenous groups."
Though the State awarded a Contract last fall to Operator Hydro-Québec, Opponents began pushing the State's Public Service Commission to Reject it. On Thursday, however, the Commission Voted to Approve it, a move that Hochul called "a major step forward" in achieving New York's Goal of getting 70% of its Energy from Renewable sources by 2030.
The $3 billion Project could begin Construction Midway through 2022, according to Bloomberg. The site of ConEd's former Charles Poletti Power Plant, North of 20th Avenue facing Luyster Creek, will be Refashioned with a New Converter Station.
A separate, Three-mile Cable, meanwhile, will run beneath Astoria to connect the New Station to ConEd's existing Rainey Substation on Vernon Boulevard.
Besides Hochul's Administration, other Supporters of the Project include: former Astoria Councilmember Costa Constantinides; the New York League of Conservation Voters; and the Mohawk Tribe of Upstate New York, which will Own part of the Transmission Line.
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