New York agency to select transmission projects delivering renewables into city

摘要

With the winning bids from a New York State solicitation for at least 1,500 MW of clean electricity expected shortly, transmission developers are eager to help New York City retire fossil fuel-fired power plants while advancing the state’s climate goals, an executive said June 29. “Building a high voltage direct current transmission line into New York City is basically like having a power plant that you control which allows you to retire old peaking power plants and creates capacity value,” Sebastian Libonatti, vice president of Avangrid Networks, said in a phone interview.