Emera bids Atlantic Link subsea cable into Massachusetts Clean Energy RFP

Torys acted as counsel to Emera in the negotiation of multiple power purchase agreements with numerous wind energy suppliers for the Atlantic Link project with a team that included Valerie Helbronner, Jonathan Weisz, Alexandra Goldstein, Dan Doubilet and Adam Banack.

On July 27, 2017, Emera Inc. formally proposed construction of the Atlantic Link project, a new 1,000 megawatt (MW) subsea transmission line directly connecting Atlantic Canada to Massachusetts. It will deliver reliable and cost-effective, clean energy to Massachusetts from seven proposed wind farms and two hydro suppliers in Atlantic Canada, in response to the Massachusetts Clean Energy RFP.

Atlantic Link's energy supply includes almost 1,200 MW of capacity from five wind farms in New Brunswick (total 891.25 MW) and two wind farms in Nova Scotia (total 303.4 MW).

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