NextEra Must Upgrade Equipment for Transmission Line: FERC (2)

US energy regulators have ordered NextEra Energy to upgrade equipment at its New Hampshire nuclear plant before a proposed Avangrid electric transmission line would interconnect to the grid.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission finding, published late Wednesday, follows two other legal rulings in Maine that together create a pathway for the long-contested New England Clean Energy Connect project. The transmission line proposes to carry 1,200 megawatts of Quebec-produced hydropower to Massachusetts customers, but Maine voters rejected the project in 2021.

The FERC order found NextEra was required by its grid interconnection agreement and good utility practice—a set of industry standards—to ...