February 2021 • Volume 17 • Issue 2
QUEENS CHAMBER MEMBER NEWS
CHPE: A CLEAN ENERGY GAME CHANGER
BY JENNIFER LAIRD-WHITE
There is an exciting new renewable energy project coming to Queens that will provide enough clean energy to power a million New York City homes while reducing air pollution and helping the city and state meet their impressive clean energy goals. The project is the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE), and it is a clean energy game changer. This innovative energy transmission line is being developed by Transmission Developers Inc. (TDI), a company that builds unique energy transmission projects in an environmentally responsible manner. So, what is the CHPE? It is a $3 billion, private-sector infrastructure project that will bring thousands of new jobs, millions in new tax revenue, and cleaner air to
Queens. The project uses safe, proven technology to create a 333-mile, buried electric transmission line that will connect clean and renewable Canadian hydropower directly to New York City. Starting at the U.S.–Canadian border, the project will use waterways and existing rights of way like roads and railroad tracks to safely bury the line until it connects to the New York grid at a new, $200 million emission free converter station that will be built in Astoria on the site of a former fossil fuel plant. Simply put, it is the most powerful project you will never see. On a statewide level, the economic impact is enormous. According to an economic impact study completed by the PA Group, a leading international consulting group, CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
A cross section of the cable that will run from Canada to Queens.
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