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DOCKET NO. 474 - The Connecticut Light & Power Company d/b/a Eversource Energy application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Greater Hartford-Central Connecticut Reliability Project that traverses the municipalities of Hartford, West Hartford, and Newington, which consists of (a) construction, maintenance and operation of a new 115-kilovolt (kV) electric transmission line within existing Eversource, Amtrak and public road rights-of-way and associated facilities extending overhead approximately 2.4 miles and underground approximately 1.3 miles between Eversource’s existing Newington Substation in the Town of Newington and existing Southwest Hartford Substation in the City of Hartford; (b) modifications to a .01 mile section within existing Eversource right-of-way of the existing overhead 115-kV electric transmission line connection to the Newington Substation (Newington Tap); and (c) related modifications to Newington Substation and Southwest Hartford Substation.
APPLICATION, received 06/07/17
PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
PARTIES AND INTERVENORS
   Applicant - Eversource Energy
COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT
FINAL DECISION
   
         Council's Decision Package, 2/5/18 (complete package)
DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLAN (D&M)
SS/Tap and Underground D&M Plan
Overhead D&M Plan
   
   
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