MONTREAL (AP) — The Canadian government has given its final approval for construction and operation of power line to serve as a conduit for hydropower to reach the power grid in New England, officials said Friday.

The Canada Energy Regulator, which must sign off on international utility projects, issued a permit Thursday allowing work north of the U.S. border that’s necessary for the $1 billion New England Clean Energy Connect.

The project now has all the permits required for construction from Saint-Adrien-d’Irlande in Quebec to the Maine border, and then over a 145-mile (233-kilometer) stretch to the grid in Lewiston, Maine.


“We are going ahead with a project that respects the highest environmental and engineering standards,” Sophie Brochu, president and CEO of Hydro…

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