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  • 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 ...

  • 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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Opponents Outnumber Supporters at Northern Pass Hearing

by Garry Rayno, IndepthNH
June 22, 2017
Northern Pass at SEC

CONCORD — Northern Pass will mean worthless property, fewer visitors and a scar across New Hampshire’s scenic landscape, opponents warned Thursday referring to the $1.6 billion, 192-mile high-voltage project to bring Hydro-Quebec electricity to the New England grid at the state Site Evaluation Committee’s second public comment hearing.

But others described the controversial transmission project as essential for lower-cost, reliable electricity saving large users millions of dollars. And they said it would help offset global warming and provide opportunities for union workers to find work near their homes instead of traveling to other states.

Opponents outnumbered supporters among the 30 or so speakers, but not by the 10-to-one ratio in 1,300 plus written comments submitted to the committee.

Thomas Moulis of Ashland asked people to remember the state’s motto on license plates years ago. “Scenic” was great advertising, he said, and brought millions of visitors and dollars to New Hampshire making it very prosperous.

“You want to jeopardize this for $18 a year?” Moulis asked, referring to the proposed average savings for someone using 300 kilowatts of electricity a month. “It said scenic because we meant it. We should not give up on something God has given us.”

Click below to read the full story by Garry Rayno at InDepthNH.org

Opponents Outnumber Supporters at Northern Pass Hearing

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