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The Upstate Upgrade is a portfolio of projects that includes the construction or rebuild of more than 1,000 miles of transmission lines, renovation and construction of substations, and implementation of new technologies that will improve resiliency and reliability of the energy delivery network, and connect locally generated clean energy to communities across New York.

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Central New York

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Black River-Clay

Black River-Porter

Colton-Nicholville

Lighthouse Hill-South Oswego

Eastern New York

Inghams-Rotterdam

Western New York

Mortimer-Golah

Dunkirk-Laona

Southeast Batavia-Golah

Smart Path Connect

Smart Path Connect is a multi-phase portfolio of projects that include the rebuild of more than 100 miles of transmission lines. National Grid is responsible for a 55-mile section of the project between Croghan in Lewis county and the Oneida county town of Marcy, known as the Southern Alignment. New York Power Authority crews are focused on the Northern Alignment, a 45-mile segment of transmission between Massena in St. Lawrence county and the town of Clinton in Clinton county. The 86-mile Moses-Adirondack transmission line will connect the two. Several substations along the way will either be rebuilt or replaced. Construction on Smart Path Connect is scheduled to run until June 2026.

Project Permitting and Frequently Asked Questions

How will these projects affect you? What sort of permitting does National Grid need to complete the Upstate Upgrade? Visit our Project FAQs and Permitting page for answers to these questions and more.

Additional Projects

The Upstate Upgrade is a portfolio of more than 70 projects, ranging from the large and complex line rebuilds listed above to substation rebuilds and smaller technology deployments. Additional projects include:

Construction of new substations in Brighton (Monroe), Canajoharie (Montgomery), Johnstown (Fulton), Leyden (Lewis), Lockport (Niagara), Manheim (Herkimer), Orwell (Oswego), Watertown (Jefferson).
Rebuild and upgrade substations in Buffalo (Erie), Fine (St. Lawrence), Leray (Jefferson), Leyden (Lewis), Malone (St. Lawrence), Orwell (Oswego), Rotterdam (Schenectady), Van Buren (Onondaga), and Verona (Oneida).
Equipment upgrades at substations in Adams (Jefferson), Buffalo (Erie), Canajoharie (Montgomery), Carthage (Jefferson), Clay (Onondaga), Cortlandville (Cortland), Friendship (Allegany), Hastings (Oswego), Le Roy (Genesee), Massena (St. Lawrence), New Bremen (Lewis), Norfolk (St. Lawrence), Onondaga (Onondaga), Oswego (Oswego), Parishville (St. Lawrence), Rotterdam (Schenectady), Watertown (Jefferson).
Technology upgrades along lines between Oswegatchie and Parishville (St. Lawrence).
Rebuilt lines between Johnstown (Fulton) and Canajoharie (Montgomery), Leray and Chaumont (Jefferson), Schoharie, Schenectady and Rotterdam (Schoharie and Schenectady), in Watertown (Jefferson), Watertown and Chaumont (Jefferson), and Watertown and Leray (Jefferson).