Hampshire) and NSTAR (parent company of Boston Edison), created a joint venture to build a new HVDC line from Windsor, Quebec to Deerfield, New Hampshire, with an HVDC converter terminal intended to be built in Franklin, New Hampshire. Hydro-Québec would have owned the segment within Quebec, while the segment within the US would have been owned by Northern Pass Transmission LLC, a partnership between Northeast Utilities (75%) and NSTAR (25%). Estimated to cost US$1.1 billion to build, it was projected that the line would either run in existing right-of-way adjacent to the HVDC line that runs through New Hampshire, or it would have connected to a right-of-way in northern New Hampshire that runs through the White Mountains. This line, projected to carry 1,200 megawatts, would have brought electricity to approximately one million homes. In order to go ahead, the project needed to receive regulatory approval in Quebec and the United States. The proposed transmission line could have been in operation in 2015. According to Jim Robb, a senior executive from Northeast Utilities, New England could have met one third of its Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative commitments with the hydropower coming through this new power line alone. In October 2010, Northeast Utilities announced that it would merge with NSTAR, with the resulting company initially retaining the Northeast Utilities name. The deal was subject to regulatory approval. In effect, Northern Pass Transmission would have become a wholly owned subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, which was renamed Eversource Energy in 2015. The purchase of power from Hydro-Québec was an issue during the Massachusetts gubernatorial election of 2010. In July 2019, Eversource issued a statement that the Northern Pass project was now "off the table" after investing $318 million over a decade to develop and promote the project. Construction of the New England Clean Energy Connect, a similar project, started in February 2021. Massachusetts pursues it as an option to bring Canadian hydropower through transmission lines in Maine, estimated to cost $1 billion. Voters in 2021 expressed their disapproval of the project in the most expensive referendum in Maine history. Sites Important waypoints of the line. Radisson to Nicolet Nicolet to Des Cantons Des Cantons to Comerford Comerford to Ayer Des Cantons to Deerfield Route listed here reflects the primary route, and is currently projected. Grounding electrodes Quebec – New England Transmission has two grounding electrodes: one at Des Cantons at and the other near