Overview
- The Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line is now operational and NYSERDA has started its contract to purchase renewable energy credits from Hydro‑Québec, marking the start of cross‑border deliveries.
- The buried high‑capacity link can carry about 1.25–1.3 GW of hydropower to New York City and is sized to supply roughly one million homes or about 20 percent of the city’s electricity demand.
- In May testing the line delivered as much as about one‑third of the city’s electricity at times, showing the corridor can provide large, rapid supply relief during peak use.
- NYSERDA projects the imports will avoid roughly 3.7 million tons of CO2 per year by reducing use of fossil‑fuel peaker plants and will power municipal operations that must cut emissions under local law.
- Officials say the 15‑year development cost about $8 billion and that long‑term modeling forecasts more than $17 billion in consumer and business savings over the next three decades from lower fossil generation and price stability.