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Northern Pass Submits Bid to Sell Energy

January 29, 2016

The Northern Pass project is bidding for a contract to sell a portion of its energy to the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

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Trees Not Towers Challenge Match Met

Jack Savage
January 27, 2016

We began the month of December $50,000 short of our Trees Not Towers fundraising goal of $475,000 for 2015. We had a very generous anonymous private individual issue a challenge that if we could raise $25,000 of the gap they would match it with a $25,000 gift to put us over the top.

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Public Calls for Full Burial of Northern Pass

Jack Savage
January 27, 2016

Northern Pass officials did their best to put the proposed 192-mile transmission project in favored light, but would appear to have convinced few of the people who attended the five recent public information meetings held as part of the Site Evaluation Committee (SEC) process.

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Forest Society Comments at SEC Public Session January 20, 2016

Will Abbott
January 22, 2016

The Forest Society owns land and holds conservation easements in Coos County that are directly impacted by the current proposal for Northern Pass before the Site Evaluation Committee. As we have noted in other forums, we have a legal and ethical obligation to defend our conserved lands.

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Bigfoot and Bobcats

Jack Savage
January 17, 2016

Earlier this week on my way to work I cast my eye skyward to see sunny blue skies with few clouds. The voice on the radio was telling me to expect 1-3 inches of snow later in the day, and even went so far as to predict what time the snow would start falling in my part of the state.

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N.H. Supreme Court Accepts Big Utilities Tax Appeals

January 7, 2016

Eversource, NHEC Continue To Sue North Country Towns In New Filings

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Update: Make Your Voice Heard on Northern Pass

Jack Savage
January 8, 2016

As part of the State Site Evaluation Commitee process and the federal Department of Energy permitting process, there will be more hearings later this winter and early spring that will be opportunities for the public to share their views about Northern Pass.

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Public Information Sessions Set for Northern Pass

December 23, 2015

CONCORD — The N.H. Site Evaluation Committee has scheduled five public information sessions about Northern Pass's application to construct a transmission line through New Hampshire.  

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How to Participate in the SEC Process for Northern Pass

Northern Pass has submitted an application to the NH Site Evaluation Committee (SEC) as required on Oct. 19, 2015. The SEC Subcommittee for the Northern Pass application voted to accept that application as complete on Dec. 7, 2015. Documents related to that decision, including the application itself, can be found here.