The Massachusetts Energy Facility Siting Board voted to let Eversource bypass the remaining environmental permits it needs to begin construction on a controversial electrical substation in East Boston.
The empty lot where Eversource plans to build a substation in the City Yards, which is across the street from the American Legion Playground and behind an East Boston police station site. in East Boston.
Eversource first proposed building the substation in 2014 as part of a larger energy project for the East Boston, Chelsea and Everett area. Substations are a critical part of the energy system; the one proposed for East Boston will convert high-voltage electricity from a transmission line running under Chelsea Creek to a lower voltage so it can be used in peoples’ homes.
“I’m disappointed we are still here in what feels like a sham of a process,” state Rep. Adrian Madaro, an East Boston resident, said during the meeting. “My neighborhood as a whole, we feel like our voices have been silenced, and we’re not heard.” Eversource spokesman Christopher McKinnon said the company has not yet set a date to start construction.
Sharkey said the board felt the benefits of the project outweighed"relatively minor" disruptions due to construction. Sharkey added the board also took a fresh look at whether the project was needed for electric reliability and whether there were realistic alternate locations for the project. On these questions, the board also sided with Eversource, concluding the substation was imminently needed, and the neighborhood provided the best location.
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