CIAO DATE: 04/2015
November 2014
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Launched in 2009, the Northern Pass Transmission Project is meant to carry electricity from Quebec to the New England grid by way of New Hampshire. The project is in a political deadlock, however, because alternative methods have not been investigated and New Hampshire bears major economic, social and ecological costs while receiving few benefits from the proposed transmission line.
Resource link: A Call to the Conference of the New England Governors and Eastern Canada Premiers for Bilateral Energy Governance [PDF] - 1.7M