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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 ...

  • Regulators Refuse Northern Pass Reconsideration

    May 25, 2018

    CONCORD — State utility regulators voted 7-0 on Thursday to reject a motion to reconsider their decision turning down the $1.6 billion, 192-mile Northern Pass Transmission project.

    Project developer Eversource wanted the Site Evaluation Committee to vacate its February decision denying ...

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  • SEC Rejects Northern Pass Appeal for New Hearing

    May 25, 2018

    CONCORD — There will be no reconsideration of the Northern Pass by the state’s Site Evaluation Committee.

    The committee charged with ruling on the controversial hydroelectric project has decided it will not reconsider its February decision to deny the application by Eversource, the ...

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Northern Pass Plans Appeal to Supreme Court

by Michael Cousineau, Union Leader
July 13, 2018
Northern Pass at SEC

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, it says, “memoralizes” its May 24 deliberations over whether to reopen hearings on Northern Pass.

“This starts the clock for us,” said project spokesman Martin Murray.

The project attorneys have until Aug. 13 to file their appeal, which could take a year for a decision, Murray said.

The committee had unanimously rejected the $1.6 billion project on Feb. 1 and on May 24 rejected requests to reconsider its decision and resume deliberations. The 192-mile Northern Pass route, which includes 60 miles underground, would run from Pittsburg to Deerfield.

Project foe Jack Savage, vice president of communications and outreach with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, said his group already was preparing for a likely appeal.

“Northern Pass was a fundamentally flawed project and we believe the SEC made the right decision to deny a permit and were right to deny the motion for rehearing,” Savage said. “We will continue to defend New Hampshire’s landscapes at the state Supreme Court from the too many, too high towers of Northern Pass.”

Countered Murray: “We do believe we have a strong case to make and we’ll be appealing.”
 

Click here to read the writtent SEC decision denying the  Motion for Rehearing.

Northern Pass Plans Appeal to Supreme Court

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