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  • Rising to the Occasion: How A Grassroots Effort Ultimately Defeated Northern Pass

    Nancy Martland
    January 30, 2020

    There were so many acts of opposition, large and small, that wove a varied tapestry conveying the unmistakable message of resistance and tenacity.

  • Northern Pass Plans Appeal to Supreme Court

    July 13, 2018

    CONCORD — Northern Pass officials plan to file an appeal with the state Supreme Court by an Aug. 13 deadline in an effort to jump-start a hydroelectric transmission project that a state committee denied.

    The Site Evaluation Committee on Thursday issued a 72-page written decision that ...

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  • SEC Denies Motion for Rehearing in Writing

    Jack Savage
    July 12, 2018

    The New Hampshire Site Evaluation Commitee (SEC) issued its anticipated written decision denying a Motion for Rehearing requested by Eversource ...

Full Accounting Needed on Northern Pass Deal

Boston Globe Editorial
January 28, 2018
Northern Pass
Northern Pass at SEC

THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION had to know it was courting controversy by picking Eversource’s Northern Pass project as the winner of a lucrative state bid on Thursday. The 192-mile line through New Hampshire has a long line of critics: Environmentalists worry about its impact on the White Mountains, trade groups don’t like the $1.6 billion cost, and competitors worry that the company had an unfair advantage because of the privileged role the Legislature gave Eversource and the state’s other electric utilities in the project selection.

To answer those critics, and bolster confidence in its choice, the administration should release all the analysis that went into picking the project, including the specific scores it gave to individual bids. If Northern Pass represented the best option for ratepayers, the administration should be able to demonstrate that.

Click below to read the full editorial in the Boston Globe.

Full accounting needed on Northern Pass deal

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