Federal Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr announced the Government's approval June 23 of the National Energy Board's decision to issue a certificate for the Lake Erie Connector Project, subject to 42 binding conditions.
ITC Lake Erie Connector LLC's project will help increase the trade in electricity between Canada and the United States. The $544-million Canadian portion of the project is expected to create 331 jobs during construction.
The project is a 1,000-megawatt, two-way underwater transmission line, measuring about 117 kilometres, which will travel under Lake Erie and provide the first direct electricity link between Ontario and Pennsylvania. The project is expected to be in service by 2020.