Eversource misclassified $385M transmission project to avoid scrutiny: ratepayer complaint

New England public advocates file lawsuit over transmission project • Maine Morning Star

The Biden administration is making a historic investment in the country’s transmission lines. (Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom)Public advocates in several New England states have sued to block a $360 million transmission project through New Hampshire’s White Mountains.  The proposed project, called X-178, would reconstruct 49 miles of transmission facilities, including replacing 580 poles. The Maine Office of the Public Advocate joined its counter…

Eversource misclassified $385M transmission project to avoid scrutiny: ratepayer complaint

The complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission comes amid growing concern about electric affordability and calls for stricter vetting of local transmission projects.