House Bill 609  would significantly change New Hampshire’s law for the siting of large-scale energy projects. The bill proposes to eliminate the Site Evaluation Committee (SEC) and move the decision-making authority for siting large-scale energy facilities to the NH Public Utilities Commission.

If passed, it would undo much of the work of the broad stakeholder process in 2014 and 2015 that led to significant improvements in the law and rules that governed the SEC.

Most concerning, it would reduce the public’s ability to engage in the siting review process.

The House of Representatives Science, Technology and Energy Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, March 7 at 9 AM on the bill.

• The Forest Society OPPOSES HB 609 and we hope you will speak up before Tuesday on this critical issue! To register your opposition the bill, click here to link to the NH House of Representative’s online registration system. (For a tutorial on how to use this system, click here.)