Regulators Want Proof Northern Pass Is Financially Viable
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CONCORD — Key members of the Site Evaluation Committee want differing financial estimates of Northern Pass’s economic viability reconciled in the next few weeks.
Energy
Attorney Claims ‘Fatally Flawed’ Northern Pass Could Cost Ratepayers After All
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CONCORD – Attorney Arthur Cunningham reignited debate at Thursday’s adjudicative hearing about whether PSNH ratepayers could end up on the hook for portions of the proposed 1,090 megawatt Northern Pass Transmission line, something the project’s developer has promised all along won’t happen.
Environmental, Community, Campus Leaders Tell Yale: Stop Northern Pass
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Dozens of activists from New Hampshire and the Yale community today delivered an open letter to the Yale University Investments Office calling on the university to stop the controversial Northern Pass powerline project.
Business & Economy
Balsams: Key Plan To Expand Ski Slopes Slips Behind
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LANCASTER – With another winter approaching, the Balsams’ developer is still working on its plan to expand the skiing area, Ed Brisson, an official with developer Dixville Capital LLC, said Wednesday night.
Energy
Testimony: Northern Pass Construction Likely to Take Longer Than Estimated; Road Closure Battle Continues
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CONCORD — Construction of the Northern Pass Transmission project is likely to take longer than current estimates particularly for 60 miles of buried cable, the Site Evaluation Committee was told Tuesday.
Courts & Corrections
New Hampshire Immigrant Solidarity Network To Gather Oct. 29 in Manchester
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MANCHESTER—Dozens of religious congregations and other groups will announce the formation of the NH Immigrant Solidarity Network, a community of people dedicated to supporting immigrants threatened with deportation, at a ceremony on Sunday, October 29, from 5 to 7 pm at Saint Augustin Church, 383 Beech Street, in Manchester.
Business & Economy
California Judge Tosses Out $417 Million Verdict in Talc-Ovarian Cancer Case
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It’s not uncommon for trial judges to reduce multi-million dollar awards if they deem the amounts to be excessive. But it’s unusual for a judge to wipe out a jury verdict, as Judge Maren E. Nelson did in her ruling late Friday.
Labor Commissioner: Nashua Telegraph Cited For Wage Violations
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The Telegraph of Nashua has been cited for failing to properly pay 30 past and current employees a total of $9,000 over the last year, according to Labor Commissioner Ken Merrifield.
Forest Society Lawyer Disputes Limiting Questions At Northern Pass Hearing
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CONCORD — The attorney representing the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests challenged the Site Evaluation Committee chairman’s rulings limiting questions she and other intervenors can ask witnesses during Monday’s adjudicative hearing on the Northern Pass Transmission project.