Dive Summary:
- The Lake Erie Power Corp. (LEPC), an independent energy transmission developer, plans to build an underwater high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission project to connect Ontario to Pennsylvania and help bring hydroelectric, wind, solar, natural gas and nuclear energy to the PJM Interconnection.
- LEPC is seeking approval for the $1 billion project, which is called the Lake Erie CleanPower Connector and will start in 2017.
- The project will place two solid, six-inch transmission cables beneath Lake Erie. They will travel from Nanticoke, Ontario to Erie County, Pennsylvania—a distance spanning 65 miles.
From the article:
"This new inter-tie between Canada and the United States will serve to connect the surplus clean electricity generation in the north to the growing demand in the United States," said John Douglas, CEO of Lake Erie Power Corp. "The privately financed project will significantly improve grid stability and reliability in northern Pennsylvania."