Comments on: What will Northern Pass mean for local renewable energy? http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-energy-climate-change/what-will-northern-pass-mean-for-local-renewable-energy-2/ For a thriving New England Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: annie Schneider http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-energy-climate-change/what-will-northern-pass-mean-for-local-renewable-energy-2/#comment-684 annie Schneider Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:26:57 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=2967#comment-684 I am dreadfully concerned with the attempt of the pseudo company Northern Pass ( directly and highly paid for by Hydro Quebec) to change New Hampshire's criteria for renewable energy to suit their product which is far less than renewable or green through HB 302. This change will gut our current requirements, undermine and eventually eliminate our smaller renewable power plants through loss of existing incentives and big business monopolization of the industry. (By a foreign company, no less!) This is a lightly veiled step to qualify and then apply for Public Utility status and gain access to the right to EMINENT DOMAIN. Essentially this will gain Hydro Quebec, a HUGE company owned by the government of Quebec, the power to seize and hold a power corridor through the state of New Hampshire. Once this is in place, there will be no way to go back. Is this not troubling? This would be such a HUGE mistake on every front. I am hoping that you are very aware of this situation with the proposed transmission line down through our state, the devastation that it would cause, and that it is being created by a partnership between NStar and Northeast Utilities (a Boston firm and a Hartford CT firm to serve those states) along with Hydro Quebec. Ultimately, Hydro Quebec holds all the Power in every way. The 2007 RPS statute has served our independent, green and renewable power producers well. It was well crafted and had bipartisan support. I am dreadfully concerned with the attempt of the pseudo company Northern Pass ( directly and highly paid for by Hydro Quebec) to change New Hampshire’s criteria for renewable energy to suit their product which is far less than renewable or green through HB 302.
This change will gut our current requirements, undermine and eventually eliminate our smaller renewable power plants through loss of existing incentives and big business monopolization of the industry. (By a foreign company, no less!)
This is a lightly veiled step to qualify and then apply for Public Utility status and gain access to the right to EMINENT DOMAIN.
Essentially this will gain Hydro Quebec, a HUGE company owned by the government of Quebec, the power to seize and hold a power corridor through the state of New Hampshire. Once this is in place, there will be no way to go back. Is this not troubling?
This would be such a HUGE mistake on every front.
I am hoping that you are very aware of this situation with the proposed transmission line down through our state, the devastation that it would cause, and that it is being created by a partnership between NStar and Northeast Utilities (a Boston firm and a Hartford CT firm to serve those states) along with Hydro Quebec.
Ultimately, Hydro Quebec holds all the Power in every way.

The 2007 RPS statute has served our independent, green and renewable power producers well. It was well crafted and had bipartisan support.

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