New York – October 14, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Governor Cuomo announced the approval of two North Country energy projects that will help improve the reliability of electricity transmission in the region and throughout the state.
“These projects will help create a modern, more reliable and more resilient power grid for the North Country and New York as a whole,” Governor Cuomo said. “This administration has taken significant steps to rebuild this state’s energy infrastructure and we remain committed to creating one of the most innovative power grids in the country.”
The second project is the first phase of SMART Path, the replacement of the New York Power Authority’s Moses-Adirondack transmission lines. They run 85 miles from Massena, home to the St. Lawrence-FDR hydroelectric plant, to a substation in Croghan, Lewis County. The 230 kV lines were built by the federal government in 1942 and were acquired by the New York Power Authority in 1953.
These projects are part of the New York Energy Highway Blueprint initiative, an important building block under the Governor’s Reforming the Energy Vision, which works to ensure the state’s power grid is the most advanced in the nation and promote increased business investment in New York.
The New York Power Authority owns and operates approximately one-third of the state’s high-voltage power lines, and has transmission assets and facilities that date back to the 1950s, including these cables.
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