Voting is Your POWER<p>New York's utility regulator on Thursday granted a unit of Norwegian energy firm Equinor (EQNR.OL), permission to build and operate transmission facilities for the company's Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm under construction off the state coast. </p><p>The transmission line for the project runs about 17.5 miles (28.2 kilometers) from the boundary of New York State waters to a point of interconnection in Brooklyn, the New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) said in a release <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewables</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/renewableenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewableenergy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/new-york-approves-power-line-equinor-offshore-wind-farm-2025-02-13/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/energy/ne</span><span class="invisible">w-york-approves-power-line-equinor-offshore-wind-farm-2025-02-13/</span></a></p>