Editing Eversource Energy (section)

==HVDC transmission ("Northern Pass" Project)==
As Northeast Utilities, the company signed on a joint venture with [[Hydro-Québec]] and [[NSTAR (company)|NSTAR]] to build a new [[high-voltage direct current]] (HVDC) line from [[Windsor, Quebec]] (connecting with the [[Hydro-Québec's electricity transmission system|Quebec grid]]) to a location in [[Franklin, New Hampshire]].  It was projected that the line would either run in an existing right-of-way adjacent to the HVDC line that runs through New Hampshire, or it would connect to a right-of-way in northern New Hampshire that would run through the White Mountains.  This 180- to 190-mile line, projected to carry 1,200 megawatts, would have carried electricity to approximately one million homes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20081219/NEWS03/812190315/1004/NEWS03 |title=Utilities plan for N.E. expansion |work=Rutland Herald |first=Louis |last=Porter |date=19 December 2008 |access-date=2009-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615232130/http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20081219/NEWS03/812190315/1004/NEWS03 |archive-date=15 June 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The issue of buying hydropower from Hydro-Québec had been an issue during the [[Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2010|Massachusetts gubernatorial election of 2010]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Beth |last=Daley |title=Canadian firm offers N.E. more hydropower |work=The Boston Globe |date=2010-10-23 |url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/10/23/canadian_firm_offers_ne_more_hydropower/?page=full |access-date=2010-10-24 |archive-date=2012-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102103122/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/10/23/canadian_firm_offers_ne_more_hydropower/?page=full |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2015, the [[Sierra Club]] of New Hampshire also expressed opposition for the new line, saying that it would not only benefit Connecticut and Massachusetts residents more than those in New Hampshire, but also the concern of the flooding of [[Boreal forest of Canada|boreal forests]] during the construction of Hydro-Québec's dams in northern Quebec, disputes with the [[Innu]] First Nations, and the effects of tourism and the environment within the [[White Mountain National Forest]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/quebec-is-facing-its-own-dirty-energy-problem/article27502571/?click=sf_globefb|title=Quebec is facing its own 'dirty' energy export problem|access-date=2017-08-27|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214140/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/quebec-is-facing-its-own-dirty-energy-problem/article27502571/?click=sf_globefb|url-status=live}}</ref>

On January 25, 2018, Massachusetts Governor Baker selected this "Northern Pass Transmission" (NPT) project<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://commonwealthmagazine.org/energy/baker-goes-eversources-northern-pass/|title=Baker goes with Eversource's Northern Pass - CommonWealth Magazine|date=2018-01-25|work=CommonWealth Magazine|access-date=2018-02-11|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083519/https://commonwealthmagazine.org/energy/baker-goes-eversources-northern-pass/|url-status=live}}</ref> as the winner for a clean energy procurement RFP.

However, days later on February 1, 2018, the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee voted unanimously to deny<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbur.org/bostonomix/2018/02/01/committee-votes-against-northern-pass|title=N.H. Site Evaluation Committee Votes Against Eversource's Northern Pass Project|website=www.wbur.org|language=en|access-date=2018-02-11|archive-date=2018-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083250/http://www.wbur.org/bostonomix/2018/02/01/committee-votes-against-northern-pass|url-status=live}}</ref> Eversource's controversial Northern Pass project a permit, leaving the future of the project, and $1.6 billion of Eversource's Transmission Rate Base Growth Projections<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eversource.com/content/docs/default-source/Investors/2016-q4-and-y-e-financial-results.pdf#page=32|title=Eversource February 22, 2017 Investor Call|access-date=May 14, 2020|archive-date=November 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103204350/https://www.eversource.com/content/docs/default-source/investors/2016-q4-and-y-e-financial-results.pdf#page=32|url-status=live}}</ref> in doubt.

On July 26, 2019, Eversource Energy announced that it was giving up Northern Pass after the New Hampshire Supreme Court rejected its appeal and sided with the SEC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unionleader.com/news/business/eversource-gives-up-on-northern-pass-project-after-spending-318-million/article_62cb0b4b-878d-5b69-98a7-3cf7ff69938a.html|title=Eversource gives up on Northern Pass project after spending $318 million|first=Michael|last=Cousineau|website=UnionLeader.com|date=26 July 2019|access-date=May 14, 2020|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806042533/https://www.unionleader.com/news/business/eversource-gives-up-on-northern-pass-project-after-spending-318-million/article_62cb0b4b-878d-5b69-98a7-3cf7ff69938a.html|url-status=live}}</ref>