Tag Archives: Berlin
No Longer Secret: Berlin Biomass Plant $52.3M Cost To Consumers
Eversource customers paid $52.3 million more than necessary between November of 2013 and last April due to a controversial contract between the utility and the biomass-burning Burgess BioPower plant in Berlin. | Keep Reading at InDepthNH
Posted in Debt/Spending, Economy/Economics, Energy
Tagged Berlin, Biomass, Eversource
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Berlin NH Businesses Told Election Day ‘I Voted’ Raffle Illegal
Two Berlin businesses are cancelling an Election Day-related raffle after learning the drawing violates state law. Scene Street, a consignment shop, and Tech Pro, a computer repair store, each planned to give anyone who entered wearing an “I Voted” sticker … Continue reading
PUC Sides With Public’s Right-to-know On Eversource $100 Million Question
In an order issued Tuesday, the state’s Public Utilities Commission rejected Eversource’s request to keep secret how much extra consumers are paying for electricity from a biomass plant in Berlin. “We find the public’s interest in reviewing the information outweighs the interests … Continue reading
Berlin NH Fights Bill To Shift Tax Burden
BERLIN — With millions of dollars of utility tax valuation at stake, the city council invited Coos legislators to Monday’s work session for a detailed briefing on the evils of House Bill 324. Mayor Paul Grenier explained that the bill, … Continue reading
NH corrections officer pleads guilty to accepting bribes
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former New Hampshire federal corrections officer has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and providing cell phones, tobacco, and marijuana to inmates in exchange for money. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 37-year-old Latoya Sebree, who worked … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, New Hampshire News
Tagged Berlin, Bribery, Correction, Prison Guard
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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
Boston company says pod transportation could be in NH’s not-so-distant future
Imagine riding in a futuristic-looking, glass-enclosed pod attached to an elevated track to reach work or the mall. That concept could be tested in Berlin this fall, with the pods themselves possibly made in the Queen City. “If Manchester was … Continue reading
Posted in New Hampshire News
Tagged Berlin, Manchester, Mike Stanley, Pods, Transit X
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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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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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Berlin NH welcomes Canadian manufacturing company to Chapman Business Complex
Jacques, the CEO of Deflex Composite, was in Berlin on Friday to celebrate the news that the company, will soon expand to space in the Chapman Business Complex. The remarks, which Jacques made in French that was then translated into … Continue reading
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