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  • Eversource Gives Up Northern Pass

    July 26, 2019

    CONCORD — Eversource has decided Northern Pass “has no path forward” after the New Hampshire Supreme Court unanimously decided to uphold the Site Evaluation Committee’s decision denying the $1.6 billion project.

    The company filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

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  • Eversource Pulls Plug on Northern Pass after NH Supreme Court Rebuke

    July 26, 2019

    Eversource has officially pulled the plug on the Northern Pass transmission line.

    The utility filed a notice with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission late Thursday, a spokesman says, “reflecting our conclusion that Northern Pass has unfortunately been brought to an end.” ...

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  • NH Supreme Court Denies Northern Pass Appeal

    Jack Savage
    July 19, 2019

    The New Hampshire Supreme Court unanimously denied the appeal by Eversource of the state Site Evaluation Committee (SEC) decision to deny a permit ...

Eversource Pulls Final Plug on Northern Pass

Will Abbott
July 26, 2019
Northern Pass
Brad Thompson of Stewartstown removes STOP NORTHERN PASS sign from his Bear Rock Road property after learning the news that Eversource had pulled the plug on the power line project.

On July 25, less than a week after the New Hampshire Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision affirming the also unanimous decision of the NH Site Evaluation Committee (SEC) to deny a siting permit for Eversource’s Northern Pass project, Eversource informed the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (the other SEC) that the Northern Pass project has “been brought to an end.” As InDepthNH reports, even the project developer now says “it’s over.” 

The Supreme Court’s 31 page decision issued July 19 not only upheld the original NH SEC decision, but also strongly rejected the core legal arguments Eversource made in its appeal seeking to set aside the NH SEC decision. Governor Chris Sununu, a vocal proponent of the Northern Pass project, said shortly after the Court decision, “The Court has made it clear, it’s time to move on.” We agree, though part of moving on should include an appropriate celebration of the nine year effort by thousands of citizens to protect the landscapes that make New Hampshire one of the Earth’s special places.  

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