ISO New England selected Eversource's joint Transmission Initiative Down East (TIDE) project as the preferred longer-term transmission solution in its competitive solicitation process. The project is designed to expand system capacity, improve reliability, ease congestion and support affordability by enabling up to 1,200 megawatts of future onshore wind generation in northern New England. ISO New England's analysis projects a benefit-to-cost ratio of more than 2-to-1, including $1.42 billion in production-cost and congestion savings, $1.30 billion in avoided capital investment and $694 million in avoided transmission investment. The project still requires engineering, environmental, permitting and regulatory reviews, with construction anticipated to begin in 2029 pending state and regulatory approvals.