A putative partnership of major energy companies calling themselves NY Transco has sent a report to the State, which proposes (among other things) to “build one new 40 mile 345kV line between National Grid’s Leeds and Con Ed’s Pleasant Valley station.” The new line would “traverse Greene, Columbia, and Dutchess Counties.” The complete report can be read here as a PDF.
A supporting document circulated to some officials by National Grid specifies that this new line would include several “new substations,” including one at an undisclosed location in Claverack:
Transco claims that its plan supports Governor Cuomo’s goals to supply Statewide electricity needs, claiming it “reduces transmission constraints,
assures the long-term reliability of the system and accommodates the development of
renewable generation resources throughout the state.”
