Jury holds key to fate of $1 billion transmission project involving Hydro Quebec

A battle over a $1 billion transmission line that gained all regulatory approvals solely to be rebuked by state residents in a referendum now comes right down to 9 common people. In a uncommon transfer, a jury is being requested to determine a sophisticated constitutional matter -- whether or not builders have a vested proper to finish the 145-mile (233-kilometer) challenge, which might provide Canadian hydropower to the New England energy grid.