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  • Déjà vu? Northern Pass is Back in the News

    Anna Berry
    December 13, 2022

    Several media outlets have covered the Governor's comments during the election season and post-election.

  • InDepthNH: "No Quick Fix To State’s Energy Woes"

    December 12, 2022

    Gov. Chris Sununu once again last week proposed a Northern Pass lite, high-voltage transmission system to bring now cheap HydroQuebec power to New Hampshire to offset spiking energy costs.

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  • InDepthNH: "Sununu Floats New ‘Version’ of Failed Northern Pass Hydro In Face of High Energy Costs"

    December 9, 2022

    Sununu made the comments at a meeting with the press.

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Study: Unusual Practices by Eversource Cost New England Customers

by Nancy West, InDepthNH
October 12, 2017
Northern Pass

A new study says Eversource and Avangrid artificially inflated electricity prices costing New England consumers $3.6 billion over three years by scheduling deliveries on the Algonquin Gas Transmission Pipeline, then not flowing the gas.

The study, which Eversource called “completely fabricated” by pipeline opponents, noted the severe, simultaneous spikes in the region’s wholesale natural gas and electricity markets.

“While frequently attributed to limited pipeline capacity serving the region, we demonstrate that such price spikes have been exacerbated by some gas distribution firms scheduling deliveries without actually flowing gas,” the study said.

By doing so, other firms are blocked from utilizing pipeline capacity. These “unusual scheduling practices” artificially limit gas supply to the region and drives up gas and electricity prices, the study said.

“We find clear patterns of withholding at a subset of delivery nodes operated by Avangrid and Eversource …, the only two firms operating on the pipeline with substantial assets and operations in both the gas distribution market and the electricity generation market,” the study said.

Click below to read the full story by Nancy West on InDepthNH.org

Study: Unusual Practices by Eversource Cost New England Customers

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