Lake Erie Connector

{{Short description|Planned electrical transmission connection between Ontario and Pennsylvania}}

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| start = Nanticoke, Ontario

| finish = Erie, Pennsylvania

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| owner = ITC Investment Holdings Inc.

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| capacity = 1000 MW

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The Lake Erie Connector is a planned underwater electric transmission line that would run under Lake Erie to connect the power grids of the Canadian province of Ontario with the American state of Pennsylvania. The {{convert|117|km|mi}} high-voltage direct current line will carry up to 1000 MW and run from Nanticoke, Ontario to Erie County, Pennsylvania.

The connector is budgeted at US$1 billion.

Energy planners first started to work on the project in 2004.

References

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{{cite news

| url = http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20170628/news/632806/novi-based-itc-build-transmission-line-under-lake-erie

| title = Novi-based ITC to build transmission line under Lake Erie

| work = Crain's Detroit

| author = Jay Greene

| date = 2017-06-28

| accessdate = 2017-07-03

| quote = Novi-based ITC Holding Corp. is embarking on a new path in its 14-year history to build a 73-mile, $1 billion high-voltage direct current transmission line under the waters of Lake Erie that will connect the energy markets of Pennsylvania with Ontario.

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{{cite news

| url = http://www.erienewsnow.com/story/35774018/canadian-government-approves-1-billion-lake-erie-connector-project

| title = Canadian Government Approves $1 Billion Lake Erie Connector Project

| work = Erie News Now

| author = Jamison Hixenbaugh

| date = 2017-06-28

| accessdate = 2017-07-03

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{{cite news

| url = http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/the-next-ontario/what-the-lake-erie-connector-project-could-mean-for-your-hydro-bill

| title = What the Lake Erie Connector project could mean for your hydro bill: The federal government last week approved a transmission line that would run under Lake Erie from Ontario to Pennsylvania. But will it mean lower electricity prices?

| work = TV Ontario

| author = Sarah Reid

| date = 2017-06-30

| accessdate = 2017-07-03

| quote = Last week, the federal government approved the Lake Erie Connector project, a 1,000-megawatt transmission line to be buried under the lake, sending electricity 117 kilometres back and forth between Nanticoke, Ontario, and Erie County in Pennsylvania.

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{{cite news

| url = https://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/06/f32/EA-2019%20Lake%20Erie%20Connector%20DEA%20Vol%201%202016-06.pdf

| title = Lake Erie Connector Project: Draft Environmental Assessment

| work = United States Department of Energy

| date = June 2016

| accessdate = 2017-07-03

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