The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station- the region’s largest carbon-free energy provider announced this week that it will permanently close by the middle of 2019. The 680 megawatt plant produces five percent of New England’s power and eighty-four percent of Massachusetts noncarbon emitting energy. Entergy, the energy conglomerate that owns Pilgrim, said that with the decreasing …
Last winter, the price of energy rose to record heights in New Hampshire and the surrounding New England region. Fear of even higher energy prices this coming winter were confirmed when National Grid announced that they would be raising their electricity rates by 37 percent. This rate increase, which could affect some households in New England …
The Northern Pass has become a contentious issue in New Hampshire in the last few years. The future of New Hampshire will be greatly affected by what decision is made. We have suffered greatly in what Mayor Paul Grenier of Berlin in Coos County has called, “this last devastating decade.” In that time, many or …
Members of IBEW Local 104 demonstrated their support for the Northern Pass transmission project at a recent energy conference and got their message heard by at least one key figure in the contentious topic: New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan. The rally took place at the 38th Annual Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers …
A recent story in The Nashua Telegraph outlines the real possibility that the New England area could face a power shortage in less than four years. A shortage means electricity prices would likely rise across the region. The forecast is based on the pending closure of some nuclear and coal-fired power plants and a projected …
Our former Business Manager, Tiler Eaton, had a well-written opinion article published earlier this week in The Concord Monitor. As part of his current position as IBEW 2nd District International Representative, Brother Eaton explained why the Northern Pass transmission project would cost too much to be economically feasible if the lines were underground. Many project …
It seems pretty safe to conclude that the President of the New Hampshire Central Railroad knows a bit about business, especially the state of business in New Hampshire. And that’s why Edward W. Jeffrey’s recent Letter to the Editor, published in The Berlin Daily Sun, probably means a bit more than the thoughts from an …
After hearing repeated requests at public hearings to do more to improve the economy in the northern portion of the state, Northern Pass officials have offered to create a $7.5 million fund to increase jobs in Coos County. A local advisory group needs to be created. They will start with $200,000 in seed money. The …