Second Hydro-Québec proposal selected as backup by Massachusetts if Northern Pass remains blocked

Hydro-Québec will have an opportunity to save its $10-billion export contract with Massachusetts, even if the state decides not to stick with the Northern Pass transmission line, which has failed to secure approval in New Hampshire. 
The New England Clean Energy Connect proposal, which would be built through a partnership with Central Maine Power, a subsidiary of Avangrid, was selected as an alternative option on Friday by the Massachusetts Executive Office of&nbs