CONCORD – Hard times keep getting harder in Franklin – so tough in fact, that the prospect of hosting a Northern Pass converter terminal provides a much-needed ray of hope, former city manager Elizabeth A. Dragon told the Site Evaluation Committee on Thursday.
The terminal will convert electricity from direct current to alternating current. From there, a new AC transmission line will carry the electricity to a substation in Deerfield, then onto the New England grid.
But more important even than the energy is the tax dollars the city desperately needs. | More…
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