The House and Senate finished their legislation session Thursday acting on 31 bills – including one suspending the work requirement for the Medicaid expansion program and another raising the minimum wage to $12 an hour over the next two years.
Energy
As Rate Case Looms, Eversource Drops Two Glitter Bombs
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Eversource plans to make its big rate case filing next week at the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), so the company spent this past week dropping two big and distracting glitter bombs.
Business & Economy
Senate Passes State Retiree COLA, Help for Biomass Plants; House OKs Voter Bill
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Six biomass plants in New Hampshire got a big lift when the Senate passed a measure proponents say will save jobs, and $245 million in economic activity.
Business & Economy
Behind the Scenes as Northern Pass’ Friends and Foes Argue One More Time
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In the distant past, everyone believed every home would have its own little nuclear plant to provide the electricity needed to be self-sufficient and charge cars that flew.
Business & Economy
OPINION: Tom Mullen Says Northern Pass Opponents Will Prevail
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While the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee (NH SEC) had an obligation to weigh four clearly stated statutory factors during its hearings and its deliberations on the Northern Pass, it only had to find the applicant lacking in one of those four factors in order to deny the application.
Business & Economy
OPINION: Councilor Andru Volinsky Says Northern Pass Is About Money, Power
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The application failed because Eversource and its experts were not credible when they asserted that the project would have no adverse effect on virtually anything.
Courts & Corrections
Eversource Argues Regulators Made Legal Errors Denying Northern Pass
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Developer Eversource claimed state regulators made legal errors requiring the court to overturn the $1.6 billion project’s denial.
Business & Economy
Conservation Law Foundation Appeals Seacoast Project to NH Supreme Court
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The CLF’s appeal centers on concrete mattresses that will be placed over the three cables to be buried under Little Bay near the shores of Newington and Durham.
Business & Economy
Sununu Signs 17 Laws: Kingston Bonfire, Warner Roundabout Renamed
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Signs for New Hampshire liquor and wine manufacturers, pedestrian control signals and more became law by a stroke of Gov. Sununu’s pen on Friday.
Courts & Corrections
Soucy Signs Family Leave Bill; House Kills Casino Gambling, Protects ACA
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Senate Bill 1 would allow employees up to 12 weeks leave from work at 60 percent of pay.