在经过18个月的审查后，在一个关键项目中，缅因州公用事业委员会于4月11日对145英里高压输电线路进行了批评电网。

The $1-billion project still needs federal and other state approvals and permits before construction can start later this year.

In 2018, Massachusetts utilities selected the New England Clean Energy Connect to provide 1,200 MW of clean energy under a 20-year contract.

Spain-based Iberdrola and its unit Avangrid, the project developers, expect to finish the line by 2022.

该项目于去年秋天进行了修改，以适应越过肯纳贝克河的异议。现在，计划要求在河下进行水平方向钻孔。缅因州自然资源委员会和其他环保组织反对该项目。