CHPExpress

08/26/2010 -

Catskill Daily Mail: Under-river power line clears hurdle
A plan to run a 1,000 megawatt high voltage direct-current power line called the Champlain-Hudson Power Express from Canada down to New York City, including burying it under the bed of the Hudson River from Coeymans down to the metropolitan area, has taken the next step forward.

08/17/2010 -

Daily Enterprise: Lake Champlain power line plans outlined to APA
A Canadian company's plan to run a pair of high-voltage electric transmission lines underwater and underground from Quebec to New York City was outlined to state Adirondack Park Agency commissioners last week.

08/17/2010 -

Kingston Daily Freeman: Power line application gets initial OK
Transmission Developers Inc. has announced that the state Department of Public Service has determined the company's application for a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need to be complete.

08/01/2010 -

Troy Record — Proposed Clean Energy Transmission System is Efficient, Cost-Effective
A Canadian-U.S. company's proposed project could bring up to 1,000 megawatts of clean, renewable wind and hydro power to the New York metro area.

07/25/2010 -

Poughkeepsie Journal Editorial: Underwater power line plan bears scrutiny
Those involved with The Champlain-Hudson Power Express Project say it will bring up to 1,000 megawatts of clean, renewable wind and hydro-power to New York. The U.S. Department of Energy has held public meetings throughout the eastern edge of New York this past month, where residents and industry leaders peppered officials about the project.

07/25/2010 -

Poughkeepsie Journal Editorial: Underwater power line plan bears scrutiny
When it comes to the provocative idea of running a power line underneath the Hudson River as part of a Canada-to-New-York-City connection, there are more questions than answers. But the project certainly shouldn't be rejected by regulators or the public out of hand, considering all its potential benefits.

07/17/2010 -

WPTZ (NBC): CEO Meets With North Country Residents To Discuss Proposed Power Line
A Canadian company wants to run a 1,000 megawatt power line from Canada, south of Montreal, to Yonkers, just outside New York City. Experts said that the line would carry enough electricity for about a million households.

07/17/2010 -

Albany Times Union: Quebec power line plan changes
Canadian developers planning an underground transmission line from Quebec to New York City have abandoned plans to include Connecticut in the project.

07/16/2010 -

Fox 44: Public Hearing In Plattsburgh Over Proposed Electric Transmission Project
About two dozen people spent their Friday evening at the Chamber of Commerce in Plattsburgh, to voice concern over and gather information about, a project that would bring power to New York City. The project would use the underwater area of Lake Champlain as a pathway.

07/14/2010 -

The Times Herald Record: Environmentalists speak out about proposed under-Hudson power line
Environmental advocates and energy watchdogs are starting to shape their questions about a proposed power line that would be buried under almost the entire length of the Hudson River.

On Tuesday night, the federal Department of Energy fielded the public's concerns and a few misgivings about the proposed power transmission line, known as the Champlain-Hudson Express. Input gathered by Jerry Pell, an environmental scientist at the DOE, will be used to shape the government's environmental review of the project.

07/14/2010 -

The Catskill Daily Mail: Power line needs 'hard look'
The U.S. Department of Energy was told Tuesday evening that a proposal to route a high voltage Direct Current line from Canada to New York City needs to be given a "hard look." The project applicant, Transmission Developers, Inc. has applied for permission to run the line's twin cables underneath the bottom of Lake Champlain, then the Champlain Canal, and the Hudson River.

07/14/2010 -

Kingston Daily Freeman: Questions raised about power line plan
Environmental issues took center stage Tuesday at the of seven hearings on the $1.9 billion Champlain-Hudson Power Express Project, which would run a power line from Quebec, Canada, to New York City, much of the route running along the bottom of the Hudson River.

07/13/2010 -

Vermont Public Radio: Proposal Would Run Power Cable Under Lake To NYC
The Toronto-based Transmission Developers Inc. has proposed an underground transmission line project to bring electricity to power-hungry New York City. The $3.8 billion project is called the "Champlain-Hudson Power Express", and it would carry electricity from Quebec to New York City via underground cables through Lake Champlain and the Hudson River. We learn more about the project from North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann, who has covered the issue extensively.

07/13/2010 -

YNN: Power cable project sparks public comment
A 420 mile long power line project fueled folks to attend a public meeting in Kingston. Some residents shared their concerns with our Elaina Athans.

07/12/2010 -

Albany Times Union Editorial: More power, more questions
At first glance, there seems to be much to like about a $3.8 billion project to bring electricity from Quebec to New York City and Connecticut. One of its best features, upstate at least, is that there would be virtually nothing to see.

07/12/2010 -

Kingston Daily Freeman: Feds seek power line input at Kingston session
Federal regulators will be in Kingston Tuesday to gather from the public information to be used to determine the environmental impact of a planned high-power transmission line through the area.

The U.S. Department of Energy will hold the third of seven environmental scoping sessions on the "Champlain Hudson Power Express" from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on Washington Avenue.

07/09/2010 -

Troutman Sanders Washington Energy Report: FERC Grants Rate Authority to Champlain for Transmission Project
On July 1, 2010, the Commission granted Champlain Hudson Power Express, Inc. ("Champlain") authority to charge negotiated rates for transmission rights on its high voltage direct current ("HVDC") project from Montreal, Quebec to New York City and New England (the "Project").

07/09/2010 -

Hartford Courant: Underwater Cable Drops Connecticut Route
A proposal to bring hydroelectric power from Canada to New York and Fairfield County mostly by running a cable under Lake Champlain, the Hudson River and the Sound, has dropped the Connecticut leg of the plan.

07/09/2010 -

The Canadian Press: Hydro-Quebec gets behind proposed transmission line to US
Hydro-Quebec is supporting the construction of a $2-billion cross-border transmission line that will run into the United States and help power New York City. In documents presented this May to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Hydro's American affiliate declared the project met U.S. guidelines.

07/08/2010 -

Connecticut WNPR:"Green" Power Line Dropped In CT
The U.S. Department of Energy is hosting a public meeting in Bridgeport tomorrow night to discuss a proposal to build an electric transmission line from Quebec to New York City. WNPR's Nancy Cohen reports the company has just announced it's scrapping its original plan to extend the line to Connecticut.

07/07/2010 -

Times Herald Record Editorial: Hudson power line answers many needs
Hearings this month will allow New Yorkers to talk about and learn about something that seems too good to be true — an efficient, economic and environmentally sensitive way to bring power from remote areas where it is created, often by dams or wind farms, to the faraway cities where it is needed.

07/06/2010 -

The Albany Times Union: Hearings set for Quebec power line
The U.S. Department of Energy has scheduled public meetings on a proposed $3.8 billion power line running 420 miles from Quebec to Connecticut under Lake Champlain, the Hudson River and Long Island Sound. The Champlain-Hudson Power Express project, proposed by Toronto-based Transmission Developers Inc., would carry up to 2,000 megawatts of hydroelectric and wind energy to the New York metropolitan region. Plans call for completion in 2015.

07/06/2010 -

Electric Light and Power:TDI announces milestone in Hudson Power Express project
Transmission Developers announced an important milestone in the development of the Champlain Hudson Power Express. The project — an innovative power transmission line that will bring safe, secure, affordable, renewable power to the U.S. — has received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to charge negotiated rates for the sale of transmission rights on the proposed line.

07/05/2010 -

Burlington Free Press: Power line proposed for under Lake Champlain
A Toronto-based company is seeking federal permits for a $3.8 billion Quebec-New York City transmission line that involves burying four, 5-inch cables in the bed of Lake Champlain. The Champlain-Hudson Power Express project would carry up to 2,000 megawatts of renewable electricity, providing a major new conduit between energy-rich eastern Canada and energy-hungry southern New England and New York.

06/25/2010 -

New Haven Register: Testing for N.Y., Conn. power line route nearly done
Environmental testing is nearing completion on the 420-mile route of an underwater electric transmission cable that will run from southern Quebec to New York City and Fairfield County, officials with the company building the cable said Thursday.

06/17/2010 -

New Haven Register: Company begins series of meetings on
power line in Sound
A Toronto-based company seeking to build a $3.8 billion, 420-mile-long underground electric transmission line that will buried beneath Lake Champlain, parts of the Hudson and East rivers and Long Island Sound has begun a series of informational meetings with officials in Connecticut, where the cables will end.

06/06/2010 -

Clean Skies TV: Clean Skies Sunday
The last overhead high voltage line to cross state lines took 18 years to complete. That's 2 years to build, 16 for the various permits and lawsuits. But with a need for more high voltage lines to keep up with demand, could the answer lie at the bottom of a riverbed? Lee Patrick Sullivan explains.

05/23/2010 -

Plattsburgh Press Republican: Delivery of electricity key to savings
A company is now resurrecting Edison, right here in the North Country. Transmission Developers Inc. is proposing to transport electricity from Quebec to New York State using Edison's preferred direct-current method. They can succeed where Edison failed because we have long since figured out how to cheaply convert direct current to alternating current, raise its voltage and convert it back to direct current.

05/14/2010 -

The Journal News: Electric transmission company eyes downtown
Yonkers for transfer station site
Representatives from Transmission Developers, Inc. are considering downtown Yonkers as one of three possible sites for a 240,000 square-foot electrical transfer station that would convert direct-current electricity generated by Canadian hydroelectric and wind-power plants to alternating current for use in New York City.

04/27/2010 -

Plattsburgh Press Republican: Power project called sensitive to environment
Developers are touting the environmental advantages of a proposed project to bring renewable energy to New York City and Connecticut. Transmission Developers Inc.'s $3.8 billion Champlain-Hudson Power Express project would be a 355-mile high-voltage, direct-current transmission line to bring up to 2,000 megawatts of mainly Canadian electricity to those two areas, split evenly between the two.

04/21/2010 -

The Times Herald Record: Power line info session draws little interest
A power transmission company brought its public info show to Kingston Tuesday night, sharing its plan to bury power lines under the Hudson River, push down energy costs and clean the environment. Transmission Developers Inc. shared the finer points of its $3.8 billion plan at the public meeting. TDI wants to build a high-voltage power line from Canada to New York City and Bridgeport, Conn., burying the transmission cables under Lake Champlain, the Champlain Canal and nearly the entire length of the Hudson River.

04/21/2010 -

Catskill Daily Mail: Underwater power line plan aired at sparsely
attended hearing
A local public information session for a proposal to stretch a high voltage direct current (HVdc) cable — the Champlain-Hudson Power Express — from Canada to NYC and Connecticut, with much of the line buried beneath the Hudson River, was sparsely attended Tuesday night in Kingston. The session was the third in a series of public workshops the project sponsor — Transmission Developers Inc. (TDI), of Albany — has thus far conducted along the route.

04/14/2010 -

WCAX News - Company details underwater power line plans
The company proposing to lay a high-voltage transmission line under the length of Lake Champlain and the Hudson River offered a better look at its plan at a meeting in Plattsburgh, Tuesday night.

04/08/2010 -

Riverdale Press A new power line may be laid under the Hudson River
A new proposal for a power line that would go through the Riverdale portion of the Hudson River Valley is wending its way through federal and state licensing processes.

03/31/2010 -

Engineering News Record Underwater Line Is Wet Kiss for U.S. Supply
Independent transmission developers in both the northeastern and northwestern U.S. looking to bring Canada's renewable electricity resources to power-hungry regions south of the border are installing hundreds of miles of line by using the path of least resistance—underwater.

03/19/2010 -

The Toronto Star: Local entrepreneur plans U.S. power play
Toronto-based Transmission Developers Inc. (TDI) has announced a bold plan to construct a high-voltage, direct-current transmission line from the Quebec border south through New York State and New England. Most of the 570-kilometre line will run along the floor of New York's Lake Champlain and along the bed of the Hudson River, making it among the longest underwater transmission lines in the world. What isn't underwater will be buried out of public sight along railroad right-of-ways.

03/18/2010 -

New York Times: A Power Line Runs Through It
Transmission Developers, a Toronto company, is proposing to use the Hudson for the most ambitious underwater transmission project yet. Beginning north of the Canadian border, a 370-mile line would run along the bottom of Lake Champlain, down the bed of the Hudson all the way to New York City. It would continue under Long Island Sound to Connecticut.

03/16/2010 -

Albany Times Union: Quebec puts its power on the line
Quebec is New York state's largest trading partner, but what it really wants to do is sell the Empire State lots of clean power.

03/11/2010 -

Mountain Lake Journal: PBS Public Television: DOWN UNDER
A Canadian company holds its first public meeting on its 4-billion dollar plan to bury high power electric transmission lines in Lake Champlain. We'll talk one-on-one with the company's CEO about the project to bring cheaper Canadian hydro-power across the border. The story begins at the 14:20 mark.

03/10/2010 -

National Public Radio (NPR) Underwater Cable May Ease Electric Shortages
Energy developers have struggled to connect new sources of renewable electricity with big cities, without building ugly and expensive transmission corridors. A Canadian company has unveiled a nearly $4 billion plan to bury underwater cables in Lake Champlain, the Hudson River and Long Island Sound. The project would feed power to New York City and Connecticut.

03/10/2010 -

Schenectady Gazette: Backers: Power line across state would lower costs
A proposed $3.8 billion high-voltage transmission line bringing power from eastern Canada to New York City and Connecticut should lower electric rates for customers across the region, backers said Tuesday.

03/05/2010 -

Montreal Gazette: T.O. power play
A Toronto company is seeking Hydro-Québec's help in its bid to build a 2,000-megawatt underground transmission line that could carry power originating in Newfoundland and Labrador to the New York City and New England markets.

03/05/2010 -

Albany Times Union: In Brief: Power line project subject of public meeting
A public meeting on the proposed Champlain-Hudson Power Express, a $3.8 billion power line project that would carry electricity from Quebec to New York City via the Capital Region, will be Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in downtown Albany.

02/28/2010 -

Capital News 9: Electricity goes underwater
Underwater electric could be the future for southern New York and southwest Connecticut. Erin Vannella has the details.

02/28/2010 -

The Poughkeepsie Journal: Power line sought under Hudson to send renewable energy
A Toronto-based company wants to build a $3.8 billion transmission line to bring green power from Labrador to New York City, which, it says, likely would exert a favorable effect on power costs even in the mid-Hudson.

02/28/2010 -

The Connecticut Post: Proposed power line would run from New England through New York
An Ontario-based company has announced plans for a major $3.8 billion, 355-mile transmission line that would link New York City and southern New England with Canadian hydroelectric and wind power sources. The line would be installed mostly under major bodies of water, including Lake Champlain, the Hudson River and Long Island Sound, terminating in Bridgeport.

02/27/2010 -

The Plattsburgh Press Republican: Plan may run power cable under Lake Champlain
International investors want to build an electrical-transmission system under Lake Champlain to carry power to the Eastern Seaboard. The Champlain Hudson Power Express proposed by Transmission Developers Inc. would be a $3.8 billion, high-voltage, direct-current line that would run from Canada to Connecticut.

02/26/2010 -

Power Finance and Risk: Private Equity Steps Up Renewables Push
Private equity shops are increasing investments in renewable energy, deploying cash that built up by two years of fundraising.

02/26/2010 -

Times Herald-Record: Times Herald-Record
A Toronto-based company wants to bury a high-voltage power line beneath the Hudson River to deliver electricity from renewable sources in Quebec to New York City.

02/25/2010 -

Post Star: Utility seeks to build new power line
Plans call for the line to stretch from Quebec to New York City, running along the bottoms of Lake Champlain and the Hudson River to "minimize the impact to local communities."

02/25/2010 -

Blackstone's Transmission Developers plans $3.8bn clean energy power line
Blackstone portfolio company Transmission Developers (TDI) is planning to develop a renewable power transmission line supplying New York and New England from the US-Canadian border...

02/25/2010 -

CT Regulators Watching Champlain Hudson Power Express Project
Transmission Developers, Inc. (TDI) based in Toronto is gearing up to present its plan for a $3.8 billion, 420-mile group of underground transmission lines to carry up to 2,000 MW...

02/24/2010 -

Blackstone's TD unveils $3.8bn transmission project
Transmission Developers is planning to build an underwater cable that would carry 2,000-MW of wind and energy power from Canada to New York.

02/24/2010 -

NCPR: Developer reveals details of underwater power corridor
State and federal officials will have to approve a new plan to run a high-voltage electricity transmission line 300 miles from Quebec to metro New York City through New York's Champlain Valley – mostly underwater...

02/24/2010 -

Times Union: Route skirts PCB work
A 355-mile transmission line proposed from Quebec to Manhattan would be buried beneath Lake Champlain and the Hudson River, except in the Capital Region, where it would go alongside railway lines...

02/24/2010 -

Company eyes Gold Coast power project
A Toronto electric transmission line company will present plans this spring for a $3.8 billion, 420-mile-long group of underground cables to carry up to 2,000 megawatts of wind and hydropower...

02/24/2010 -

Transmission Developers to develop power transmission line
Transmission Developers plans to develop a power transmission line that will bring affordable and renewable power to New York and New England from the US-Canadian border...

02/24/2010 -

$3.8bn bid to bring Canadian hydropower to New York
A Canadian firm announced plans yesterday to build a $3.8 billion transmission line to bring up to 2,000 megawatts of "safe, secure, affordable" renewable power to New York and New England...

02/19/2010 -

WAMC: Underwater Power Line Proposed
Power-hungry New York City is in the sights of a Canadian firm: Transmission Developers Incorporated is looking to lay a 300-mile transmission line from Quebec to New York City that would be buried under Lake Champlain and the Hudson River. The plan is in its preliminary stages: various New York State agencies that would need to review the project are already aware of it...

02/19/2010 -

Albany Times Union: Agencies Mull transmission line proposal
Environmental groups are taking a wait-and-see attitude about a plan to build a 300-mile transmission line from Quebec to New York City that would be buried under Lake Champlain and the Hudson River. The project, called the Champlain Hudson Express, is being funded by Transmission Developers Inc., a Toronto-based company that is also trying to build a 150-mile underwater transmission line from Maine to Boston...

02/17/2010 -

Schenectady Gazette: Proposed Quebec-NYC Power Line
Would Cut Through Region
A Canadian company is in preliminary discussions with state regulatory officials about running a new high-voltage power line from Quebec to New York City that would be primarily underwater or buried...

02/15/2010 -

NCNPR: Company Eyes Champlain, Hudson Valleys for
Quebec-NYC Electric Line
A Canadian company hopes to build a massive new electric transmission line that will use the Champlain and Hudson Valleys to bring power from Quebec to New York City. Transmission Developers Incorporated, based in Toronto, is asking state regulators in New York to approve the use of a type of cable that can be buried underwater...

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