In a bright spot for the state's climate agenda during a year marked by stalled clean energy projects, the long-delayed transmission line that will deliver Canadian hydropower to New England is on track to send 1,090 megawatts of electricity into Massachusetts by the end of 2025.

Avangrid, the developer of the New England Clean Energy Connect project, announced Wednesday that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection approved the last required permit to bring hydropower into the region from Hydro Quebec.

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"This puts Avangrid on track to energize the project following testing and commissioning, which is scheduled to conclude by the end of the year,” the company said, calling the milestone the culmination of "y

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