CONCORD — The state Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Eversource’s appeal of state regulators’ decision to deny the Northern Pass Transmission project.
The Site Evaluation Committee voted 7-0 to deny the application for the 192-mile, $1.6 billion transmission project stretching from Pittsburg to Deerfield, intended to bring 1,090 megawatts of Hydro-Quebec power to southern New England in February, and reaffirmed its decision by the same vote in May.
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