This summer, New Hampshire is bracing for news of the Northern Pass project’s future and its “new route.” It’s now been nearly a year since the federal permitting process for the Northern Pass project was put on indefinite hold. North of Groveton, New Hampshire, the developer – Northern Pass Transmission LLC (NPT) – is still…
May 24
2012
2012
Feb 1
2012
2012
It’s Time to Stop Subsidizing PSNH’s Dirty Power
In a public hearing tomorrow, a legislative committee of the New Hampshire House will take up a proposal – House Bill 1238 – to force Public Service of New Hampshire’s dirty, costly power plants to confront the realities of the electric marketplace. The bill would require PSNH to sell (“divest”) its plants by the end…
Jan 24
2012
2012
Powerful Words From Ed Markey
Working with Americans for a Clean Energy Grid and the New England Clean Energy Council we here at the Conservation Law Foundation had the privilege to co-sponsor the New England Clean Energy Transmission Summit. We were overwhelmed by the massive turnout and tremendous interest from the general press as well as trade press (subscription required).
Dec 21
2011
2011
Would Northern Pass Swamp the Regional Market for Renewable Projects?
With the Northern Pass project on the table, as well as other looming projects and initiatives to increase New England’s imports of Canadian hydroelectric power, the region’s energy future is coming to a crossroads. The choice to rely on new imports will have consequences that endure for decades, so it’s critical the region use the…
Nov 17
2011
2011
What the Keystone XL decision should mean for Northern Pass
Last week, a major disaster for our climate and our nation’s clean energy future was averted – at least for now – when the Obama administration announced that it won’t consider approving the Keystone XL pipeline’s border crossing permit before it reconsiders the Keystone XL pipeline’s environmental impacts and the potential alternatives to the proposal on the…
Oct 31
2011
2011
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Are you concerned about the Northern Pass transmission project? Do you want to learn more about what it could mean for New Hampshire and New England’s energy future, for our climate, for energy rates, and for the communities and natural environment of New England and Québec? Do you want to keep up with the latest…
Oct 26
2011
2011
New England still deserves a fair, big-picture review of Northern Pass, despite developers’ delay
Here in New Hampshire, the leaves have turned. What hasn’t changed is that the environmental review of the Northern Pass proposal remains stalled while the project developers – Northeast Utilities (and its subsidiary Public Service Company of New Hampshire) and NSTAR – seek a new route for the northernmost 40 miles of the project. It’s…
Oct 19
2011
2011
Storm clouds gather for New Hampshire electric ratepayers
With each passing day, the dire reality of PSNH’s coal-fired business model is becoming clearer in New Hampshire. The cost of operating PSNH’s obsolete power plants continues to grow, accelerating the Company’s death spiral where fewer captive ratepayers are saddled with unsustainable above-market rates as more PSNH customers choose to buy power from better managed…
Aug 9
2011
2011
Hydro-Québec Power for New England
The Vermont Public Service Board recently approved a contract for Vermont utilities to buy power from Hydro-Québec for 20 years.
Jul 29
2011
2011
Will Northern Pass raise electric rates in New Hampshire?
In the midst of a so-called “death spiral,” PSNH is ignoring what the Northern Pass project, as proposed, would do to its own customers.