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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.

  • Written SEC Order Outlines Northern Pass Deficiencies

    March 31, 2018

    CONCORD — In its written order issued Friday afternoon, the Site Evaluation Committee reiterated what members told Northern Pass officials two months ago, the utility failed to prove the 192-mile, $1.6 billion transmission line would not disrupt the orderly development of the region.

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  • SEC Formally Denies Northern Pass 7-0

    Jack Savage
    March 31, 2018

    The New Hampshire Site Evalution Committee (SEC) issued its formal written decision today to deny the application by Eversource for a Certificate ...

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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