Energy Facility Siting Board
State energy regulators approve $60M power line upgrades for Revolution Wind farm
State energy regulators swiftly gave their stamp of approval to a nearly $60 million worth of upgrades to Rhode Island power lines. State energy regulators to vote Wednesday on $60M transmission line project The Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board’s unanimous vote on Wednesday allows transmission line owner Narragansett Electric Co. (a subsidiary of […]
State energy regulators to vote Wednesday on $60M transmission line project
Rhode Island’s 30-year-old power lines are no match for the millions of volts of wind-powered electricity expected to be coursing through them in two years. Which is why the developers of the 700-megawatt Revolution Wind farm want to spend nearly $60 million to upgrade a nine-mile section of transmission lines. First, they need the go-ahead […]