Concord, NH – A full day of Site Evaluation Committee hearings continued today beginning at 9:00 am with a panel of witnesses representing the Clarksville-Stewartstown Combined Group of Intervenors, the witnesses were comprised of anti-project intervenors who led off the day’s hearing with a 20 minute video which had been introduced the the committee as …
Lawyers question witnesses during Site Evaluation Committee The Site Evaluation Committee met at 1 p.m. to hear from witnesses from various groups trying to block the Northern Pass project. The purpose of these hearings is for lawyers for both sides to ask questions about the witnesses’ pre-filed testimony, or to get new information in the …
New Hampshire’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Northern Pass project, allowing hydro-electric power to run from Canada to New Hampshire to the grid supplying New England. The total project would run almost 200 miles from Pittsburg to Deerfield, bringing down about 1,000 megawatts of electricity and supplying enough power to the area to …
Eversource is working with several companies from New Hampshire this fall on the first phase of a major transmission line project. Called the Merrimack Valley Reliability Project, Eversource and National Grid are working together to install new overhead transmission lines between Londonderry, N.H. and Tewksbury, Mass. The project is projected to cost $129 million and …
In addition to the four public hearings that will be held by the U.S. Department of Energy in March, there will also be five public hearings regarding the state permitting process of the Northern Pass Transmission project held by the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee that same month. State law requires the Site Evaluation Committee …
In March, you will have an opportunity to share your opinions on the Northern Pass with federal officials. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will be holding four public hearings on the Northern Pass draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) throughout the month of March. The EIS was released in July of 2015 and discusses the …
In the crowd of around 250 people that filled the Franklin Opera House Monday night for the first Northern Pass Public Information Session, a few dozen stood out. Opponents of the Northern Pass project were decked out in blaze orange vests, hats, and shirts that reiterated their oppositional mantra of “Trees Not Towers,” while supporters …
Just a reminder that this Wednesday the second of five Public Information Sessions hosted by the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee will take place. Wednesday night’s session will be held in Rockingham County and will begin at 6 P.M. at Londonderry High School, 295 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, New Hampshire. The rest of the Public Information …