Category Archives: Energy
Court Sides With NH Towns Over Utilities in Tax Dispute
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled against two utilities seeking to reduce their property taxes in dozens of towns across the state. Eversource and the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative sought tax abatements from a total … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Property Rights, taxes
Tagged Eversource, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Property tax
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Sensible Reasons Why Mr. Trump Should Dump Obama’s Paris Climate Agreement
The President’s instincts are spot on here. He should withdraw the United States from the accords and be prepared to stoutly defend his decision on both political and scientific grounds. Ironically, the best reasons for getting out of the accords … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Energy, Environment, International News
Tagged Climate, Donald Trump, Paris
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Trump Withdraws US from Paris Climate Scheme
https://youtu.be/AlWASffvBkg Full Remarks Here.
Posted in Climate, Energy, Environment, International News, National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Donald Trump, Paris Climate Accord
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Renewables and Bad Policy Killing Australian Economy.
Australia’s ‘experiment’ with green energy had best serve as a lesson to all, including states like New Hampshire. Green Energy Insurrection: Aussie Miners, Heavy Industry Threaten Investment Walkout over Energy Prices. Australia will be denied new investment and will watch more … Continue reading
Posted in Economy/Economics, Energy, Environment
Tagged Australia, Electricity, Industry, Prices
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Concord Steam enters final week of operation
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The boilers behind Concord Steam will go cold next week, marking the first time in New Hampshire history that a public heating utility will go out of business. Concord Steam will shut down at midnight May … Continue reading
Two Hundred Jobs Were Promised But Where Are They?
One of the promises made by the developers of the proposed biomass plant in Berlin was the creation of 200 jobs in the trucking and logging business, mostly in the North Country. But finding them is hard. More… *| Berlin Daily … Continue reading
Posted in Economy/Economics, Energy, Environment, Jobs/Unemployment, New Hampshire News
Tagged Berlin, Biomass, Jobs
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Yale Students Concerned About University’s Involvement in NH’s Northern Pass Project
As the Northern Pass application makes its way through the state’s Site Evaluation Committee, students opposed to the project are sounding the alarm of their own university’s involvement in the power plan. Students from Yale University recently toured the North Country … Continue reading
OPEC Keeps Focus on Shale Threat as Officials Meet in Vienna
OPEC officials gathering in Vienna on Friday to prepare for next week’s ministerial meeting kept their focus on rising U.S. shale oil production, which has been diluting the price impact of their production cuts. More… | Bloomberg News
Posted in Economy/Economics, Energy, International News
Tagged OPEC, Production Cuts, Shale Oil, US
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State Using PUC and Eversource to Prop up The North Country
New Hampshire Business review has an enlightening–though not surprising–article today about how a PUC-approved contract from 2011 requires Eversource customers to prop up the NH timber industry and the Berlin Biomass Plant. More… | GraniteGrok
Posted in Economy/Economics, Energy, Environment, New Hampshire News
Tagged Berlin, Biomass, Electricity, Eversource, PSNH, PUC
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U.S. Shale Is Immune To An Oil Price Crash In 2017
U.S. shale survived the oil price crash with cost cuts and lower breakeven prices, and emerged more resilient from the slump. According to a Rystad Energy analysis, since 2013, the average wellhead breakeven price (BEP) for key shale plays has … Continue reading
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