Avangrid, Iberdrola’s US subsidiary, He won the legal battle for a major power line in the United States. It will carry renewable energy between Canada and the New England region of the United States. A Maine jury has approved the $1,000 million (€911.4 million) amnesty proposed by Avangrid for the New England Clean Energy Connect (Necec) transmission line.
The transmission line in question between Quebec (Canada) and Maine It will supply 1,200 megawatts of renewable hydroelectric power to the New England power grid in Lewiston. (Maine) will have enough to meet demand for more than one million homes, according to the decision announced Thursday, where the contractor of the line acted in good faith to continue construction ahead of a state referendum to block the project. As a result, the promoters of this project can continue the work and are already considering their next steps.
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Maine residents, Orange, Connecticut-based Avangrid andIt had spent $450 million (410 million euros) on the site and construction had already begun.. The planned 233-kilometer line will supply electricity from Hydro-Quebec, Canada’s largest electricity producer. The Maine Supreme Court ruled in August that the referendum may have violated the company’s rights, after the developers had obtained the necessary permits. But it also sent the case back to a lower court, where the jury would decide whether Avangrid had accelerated construction with the aim of nullifying the referendum.
The decision was made this Thursday. can still be appealed by Main State officialsAnd. “The unanimous decision of the jury affirms previous decisions that allowed the project to proceed legally. Even after repeated delays and costs caused by the law change, this line remains the best way to bring low-cost renewable energy to New England, while millions of metric tons of Iberdrola USA “Every year carbon is being cleared from our atmosphere,” said Vice President Scott Mahoney.