Massachusetts attorney general to review hydropower contract
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is promising a thorough review of the process that led to the selection of the Northern Pass project to deliver Canadian hydropower to the state.
"Our role is to ensure that this bid was selected based on a transparent, competitive and fair evaluation of all proposals submitted," the Democratic attorney general's spokeswoman Chloe Gotis said in a statement.
State energy officials gave preliminary approval on Thursday to Northern Pass, a proposal to construct 192 miles (310 kilometers) of transmission line in New Hampshire for delivering hydropower from Quebec.
Under Massachusetts law, utilities including Eversource, National Grid and Unitil Corp.