Category Archives: Energy
Should Landowners Trust Northern Pass?
Grafton County Attorney Lara Saffo made her points about the impact on homeowners and businesses of burying 52 miles of Northern Pass cable from Bethlehem to Bridgewater by showing photos of various properties and the massive equipment it would take … Continue reading
Environmental Groups Happy RGGI Bilks Rate Payers
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont have netted $2.8 billion through the emissions auctions since 2008, spending the proceeds on energy programs. Maryland’s share has been $573 million. New Jersey left … Continue reading
Panel Chair Accuses Intervenor Of Trying To Delay Northern Pass Hearing
CONCORD — Site Evaluation Committee chair Martin Honigberg accused an intervenor Monday of attempting to deliberately delay adjudicative hearings on the Northern Pass Transmission project. The hearings on the $1.6 billion, high-voltage transmission project to bring Hydro-Quebec electricity to New England have … Continue reading
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Trump prepares Arctic for drill, baby, drill
President Trump is reviving efforts to drill for oil in the Arctic Circle — efforts Democrats have thwarted for 19.6 million acres. His administration is drafting changes to regulations to allow oil drilling in about 2,000 of the 19.6 million … Continue reading
Refineries And Oil Rigs Shuttered By Harvey Are Coming Back Online
Oil industry infrastructure that was shut down as Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Gulf Coast of Texas is starting to come back online, Axios reports. Eight refineries representing 11.4 percent of U.S. refining capacity are beginning procedures to restart, a process … Continue reading
Possible tariff puts NH solar firms on edge
The possibility of a major trade tariff on photovoltaic cells could eclipse much of the nation’s growing solar energy industry, especially in New Hampshire where it is already trying to overcome two state regulatory barriers. The U.S. International Trade Commission … Continue reading
State committee delays Northern Pass decision until 2018
CONCORD — A state committee won’t make any decision on the proposed Northern Pass project until 2018. The Site Evaluation Committee on Thursday said it was pushing back its Sept. 30 deadline for making a decision on the project. It now … Continue reading
Sununu Satisfied With Latest RGGI Proposal
Gov. Chris Sununu praised a new draft of goals for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap and trade program among New England states, as a step in the right direction. Among other things, the proposal calls for a 30 percent … Continue reading
Executive Councilor Joe Kenney: Sununu Needs To Do More Outreach On Northern Pass
It’s my judgment that he needs to go into the North Country on a listening tour to speak to people directly about this project. Whether they are for or against, they expect representation on the issue. And I have not … Continue reading
Eversource seeks to conceal Berlin biomass plant fiscal info
Eversource is asking the state’s Public Utilities Commission not to disclose an estimate of when consumers will have paid $100 million extra for the electricity the company buys from the Burgess BioPower plant in Berlin. The information would provide a … Continue reading
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