Developer drops troubled bid for power line under Lake Champlain

Months after putting the project on hold, the backers of the Vermont Green Line have pulled the plug on their proposal for a power cable under Lake Champlain.The project’s sponsors last month quietly withdrew their permit application before the Public Utility Commission, ending National Grid’s quest to carry Canadian power through the cable to southern New England.
The proposed route of the Vermont Green Line.The estimated $650 million project has been in stasis since the summer, whe