NOVEMBER 2014 A CALL TO THE KEY POINTS CONFERENCE OF THE NEW • Launched in 2009, the Northern Pass Transmission Project is meant ENGLAND GOVERNORS to carry electricity from Quebec to the New England grid by way of AND EASTERN CANADA New Hampshire. [...] Although the proposal has little political support within New New Hampshire and the New England Region, due to the project being Hampshire, the US Department of Energy (DOE’s) assessment process developed independently of a regional is moving forward. [...] CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL A CALL TO THE CONFERENCE OF THE NEW ENGLAND GOVERNORS GOVERNANCE INNOVATION AND EASTERN CANADA PREMIERS FOR BILATERAL ENERGY GOVERNANCE CIGI JUNIOR FELLOWS POLICY New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan points out the BRIEF SERIES imbalance of benefits incurring from the Northern Pass, The CIGI Junior Fellows program at the Balsillie School of writing: “As it stands, for the [...] After widespread opposition to the project in New Hampshire, and from New England industry and environmental groups, a new route was announced in the summer of 2013, with proposals to bury two sections Copyright © 2014 by the Centre for International Governance in northern New Hampshire. [...] NOVEMBER 2014 CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL A CALL TO THE CONFERENCE OF THE NEW ENGLAND GOVERNORS GOVERNANCE INNOVATION AND EASTERN CANADA PREMIERS FOR BILATERAL ENERGY GOVERNANCE FIGURE 1: SNAPSHOT OF CERTAIN EXISTING AND PROPOSED GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION PROJECTS IN EASTERN CANADA AND THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES Source: New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE) (2013a).