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Northern New York Project to help avoid 1.16 million tons of CO2 emissions annually, save US$447 million in congestion costs.
By T&D World
The New York State Public Service Commission recently adopted criteria for identifying transmission projects that are needed urgently to meet the renewable energy goals of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). As part of the recent action, the commission also identified the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) proposed Northern New York project as a high-priority project and referred it to the NYPA for development and construction in accordance with the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Protection Act of 2020.
“New York’s nation-leading CLCPA legislation calls for transformational quantities of renewable energy, which, in turn, requires smart new transmission to connect that power to customers,” said Commission Chair John B. Rhodes. “We have adopted well-designed new rules to specifically expedite bulk transmission investments that unbottle existing and new renewables. We also have designated the first investment under these new rules, the NYPA’s Northern New York project, to complete a critical link in our upstate grid and unbottle at least 950 to 1050 MW of renewable energy sources.”
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The Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Protection Act calls on the commission and the NYPA to work together when the commission determines that there is a need for expeditious action to solve a transmission need. Once such an urgent need is established, the act authorizes the NYPA to bring to bear its significant development capabilities and statewide transmission experience to ensure timely construction of the transmission solution.
The NYPA has already identified a multifaceted project that meets the criteria. The project now moving forward, known as the Northern New York Project, includes completion of the second phase of the NYPA’s 86-mile Smart Path Moses-Adirondack rebuild, rebuilding approximately 45 miles of transmission eastward from Massena to the Town of Clinton, rebuilding approximately 55 miles of transmission southward from Croghan to Marcy, as well as rebuilding and expanding several substations along the impacted transmission corridor.
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