Sundance#5 came online at 00:49 Saturday; Sundance#6 went offline at 06:44 Sunday and back online at 23:15 Sunday…TransCanada has joined the chorus of those calling for the rejection of the amended Power Purchase Agreement reached by National Grid and Deepwater Wind for electricity from a wind farm off Block Island. In filing with the Public Utilities Commission this week, TransCanada makes the same constitutional argument it successfully utilized to force Massachusetts to modify its renewable energy laws in June – the new PPA “violates the Commerce Clause, Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution as an unlawful restriction by the state of Rhode Island on interstate commerce.” TransCanada, which owns the Kibby Wind farm in Stratton, Maine, says the amended legislation — especially the Long-Term Contracting Statute — which enabled the modified Block Island wind farm to be considered again, violates the Commerce Clause by discriminating against out-of-state renewable energy producers…Canadian developers planning an underground transmission line from Quebec to New York City have abandoned plans to include Connecticut in the project. Transmission Developers Inc. of Toronto has proposed the $1.9 billion project to bring hydro and wind energy from Quebec, where electricity can be sold at a premium because of high demand. The project is expected to employ 200 workers and be completed by 2015 as long as all necessary regulatory approvals are obtained. The company has already received permission from the Federal Energy Regulatory Authority to sell transmission rights to the line. And the company is also participating in a series of meetings scheduled by the U.S. Department of Energy to assess the environmental impacts.
Sundance 5,6 Online
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