A 420-mile long power line project fueled folks to attend a public meeting in Kingston. Some residents shared their concerns with our Elaina Athans.

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KINGSTON, N.Y. -- "We wanted to know if it's as good as it sounds," said Kingston resident June Sanderson.

Running a 420 mile long power cable from Canada to New York City became a powered conversation in Kingston. The federal government and the developer of the Champlain-Hudson Power Express project heard from 30 people.

New York Senator John Bonacic said, "I like the idea of hydro and I like the idea of wind coming out of Canada. Will there always be an endless supply?"

"Supply requirements are not keeping up with demand, so demand is going up and this will add new supply to the marketplace. It's going to lower costs overall," said Donald Jessome from Transmission Developers.

The massive project is expected to cost nearly $2 billion and will run mostly underground. Developers are hoping to start pumping clean energy down to the City by 2015. But before any of that can happen, the Department of Energy has to sign off and is basing its Environmental impact statement on these types of gatherings.

"It's very important to involve the people that could be affected by the project," said Jerry Pell from the Department of Energy. "Take away from these meeting issues that concern the public that we should be sure to look at."

Sanderson said, "I'm particularly interested in minimal environmental impact."

The federal government is hosting a series of meetings within the next few weeks. But for folks that can't attend, they're being urged to head to the Champlain Hudson Power Express website and post their comments there by August 2nd.