The New York authorities (United States) have announced their intention to rebuild an existing 78-miles (125 km) transmission line in the northern part of the state. The US$440m plan has been labelled "Moses-Adirondack Smart Path Reliability project" (SPRP) and aims at spurring renewable energy development and helping the state in meeting its 50% Clean Energy Standard (CES) goal by 2030. The project construction is expected to start in 2019 and is expected to be completed in 2023. It will run from the north of the State down to the south through the St Lawrence and Lewis counties. The structures and conductors of the new transmission line will be able to channel up to 345-kV, but will be operated in the next decade at the current level of 230-kV.
The CES objective is meant to make sure that 50% of New York's consumed electricity comes from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar by 2030. Transmission projects such as the SPRP will play a critical role in channelling the produced power and in the adaptation of the current network to the increasing amounts of renewable energy.