Governor Kathy Hochul lately introduced vital development on the Smart Path Connect transmission mission, a seriously necessary transmission rebuild effort in two key state transmission corridors, led through the New York Power Authority and National Grid. The Smart Path Connect mission will modernize greater than 100 miles of transmission strains in the North County and the Mohawk Valley. Today’s announcement celebrates the energization of greater than part of Smart Path Connect’s upgraded transmission strains, together with 36 miles in the Mohawk Valley and 38 in the North Country. When whole, the upgraded and new power infrastructure will permit for higher energy switch capability, permit the drift of extra renewable power, and give a boost to reliability and resiliency of the state energy grid whilst at the similar time advancing objectives defined in the state’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Governor Hochul introduced the get started of this mission past due closing 12 months.
“New York State is making measurable progress in rebuilding and expanding new transmission lines to meet the state’s growing demand for clean, reliable energy,” mentioned Governor Hochul. “Transmission projects like Smart Path Connect reinforce existing infrastructure so that our grid is more resilient in the face of extreme weather, while also enabling it to carry more clean energy across the state and foster economic development.”
NYPA President and CEO Justin E. Driscoll mentioned, “New York State is currently experiencing the largest buildout of transmission in forty years. Not only are these investments critical to the safety and functionality of the lines, but they are needed to ensure the transmission system is able to adapt to increasingly severe storms and to meet the growing energy demands of our modern society. Transmission development focus is a foundational part of NYPA’s VISION2030 strategic plan. The energization of several sections of the Smart Path Connect line helps bring the state that much closer to meeting its bold climate goals and strengthens our emerging clean energy economy.”
President of National Grid New York Rudy Wynter mentioned, “Energizing the first miles of Smart Path Connect marks an important step forward in New York’s clean energy transition and National Grid’s commitment to enhancing the resiliency of systems we use to transmit electricity. Unlocking more renewable energy for our customers and partners delivers on our promise to ensure an energy future that is clean, fair and affordable, sparking economic and workforce growth. Today’s announcement is an important first milestone in our pursuit of a smarter, stronger and cleaner energy grid.”
Smart Path Connect is a multi-faceted mission that comes with rebuilding roughly 45 miles of transmission eastward from Massena to the Town of Clinton, led through the New York Power Authority and rebuilding roughly 55 miles of transmission southward from Croghan to Marcy led through National Grid NY. The paintings comes to building of a number of new substations in addition to upgrades to a number of present substations.
When finished, the two Smart Path Connect segments shall be attached through Smart Path, NYPA’s rebuild of the Moses to Adirondack transmission strains which used to be energized previous this 12 months. The two strains will shape one steady 345 KV transmission line between Clinton and Oneida Counties, reinforcing the statewide grid and connecting economical, blank, and renewable power into the energy gadget together with energy from newly built and proposed renewable power resources. Like Smart Path, Smart Path Connect falls essentially inside present transmission rights-of-way in Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Lewis and Oneida counties.
Once whole, the Smart Path Connect mission will assist unbottle present renewable sources in the area and yield vital manufacturing price financial savings, emissions discounts, and decreases in transmission congestion. It is estimated to end result in greater than 1.16 million lots of CO2 emissions have shyed away from every year on a statewide foundation and an annual relief of an estimated 160 lots of NOx emissions. NYPA estimates the mission will supply greater than $447 million in annual congestion financial savings in northern New York and the mission has created loads of fresh power jobs all over building.
In addition to Smart Path and Smart Path Connect, a number of different New York State transmission tasks are progressing towards final touch or are finished and in carrier. These come with NYPA and LS Power New York’s Central East Energy Connect mission which comes to the rebuild and growth of just about 100 miles of traditionally closely congested transmission strains in the Utica/Albany hall. Two lately energized transmission strains are New York Transco’s New York Energy Solution, which rebuilt roughly 54 miles of transmission strains in the Hudson Valley, and NextEra Energy Transmission New York’s Empire State Line Project which constructed roughly 20 miles in Western New York.
In addition, a number of different vast transmission tasks are both underway or watching for allowing. The Champlain Hudson Power Express Transmission Project, evolved through Transmission Developers Inc., celebrated its midway milestone previous this summer season and Clean Path New York, a mission evolved via a collaboration between NYPA and Forward Power (a three way partnership of Invenergy and energyRe) and Propel New York Energy, a collaboration between NYPA and N.Y. Transco. All instructed, New York’s transmission investments general just about 1,000 miles of recent and upgraded New York State transmission strains that can assist advance New York’s daring blank power objectives.
For extra information on the Smart Path Connect Project, please consult with NYPA’s Smart Path Connect website.
New York State’s Nation-Leading Climate Plan
New York State’s nation-leading local weather time table requires an orderly and simply transition that creates family-sustaining jobs, continues to foster a inexperienced economic system throughout all sectors and guarantees that a minimum of 35 %, with a objective of 40 %, of the advantages of fresh power investments are directed to deprived communities. Guided through a few of the country’s maximum competitive local weather and blank power tasks, New York is on a trail to attaining a zero-emission electrical energy sector through 2040, together with 70 % renewable power era through 2030 and economywide carbon neutrality through mid-century. A cornerstone of this transition is New York’s unparalleled blank power investments, together with greater than $55 billion in 145 large-scale renewable and transmission tasks throughout the state, $6.8 billion to cut back construction emissions, $3.3 billion to scale up sun, greater than $1 billion for blank transportation tasks and over $2 billion in NY Green Bank commitments. These and different investments are supporting greater than 165,000 jobs in New York’s blank power sector in 2021 and over 3,000 % expansion in the allotted sun sector since 2011. To scale back greenhouse gasoline emissions and give a boost to air high quality, New York additionally followed zero-emission automobile rules, together with requiring all new passenger vehicles and light-duty vehicles bought in the State be 0 emission through 2035. Partnerships are proceeding to advance New York’s local weather motion with just about 400 registered and greater than 100 qualified Climate Smart Communities, just about 500 Clean Energy Communities, and the State’s greatest group air tracking initiative in 10 deprived communities throughout the state to assist goal air air pollution and fight local weather exchange.