wiredInUSA November 2017

New York power move

the project would improve the flow of electricity across the Buffalo Niagara region, easing the bottlenecks that restrict power from moving to where it is most needed, while alsomodernizing the power grid to accommodate the anticipated growth of renewable energy. “The cleaner, greener grid of the future will depend on a modernized, upgraded and expanded transmission system,” said Brad Jones, the president and CEO of the power grid operator.

State energy officials are supporting a $181 million plan to build a power transmission project to run between Elma and Royalton, NY. The non-profit corporation that operates the state’s power grid gave its backing to a proposed power transmission upgrade that would allow New York to capitalize on the power generating capacity of the Niagara Power Project, while also increasing the region’s ability to import electricity from Ontario. Officials from the New York state independent system operator said

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