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The Senate worked through 74 bills on the regular and consent calendar at breakneck speed sending many to interim study or outright killing them as inexpedient to legislate, finishing their work shortly after 1 p.m.
They would expand access to net metering, open new opportunities for clean energy development, and allow towns to better control their electric bills, Gov. Sununu said.
What they found was not surprising: Cold, snowy winters brought more visitors and generated more economic activity than warm, slushier winters.
Sen. Watters also released legislation he has filed regarding the Transportation and Climate Initiative, LSR 2777, an act establishing a commission to evaluate the transportation climate initiative framework for a draft memorandum of understanding and associated modeling and scenarios.
On Tuesday, a draft transportation climate plan was released by the Transportation Climate Initiative or TCI, which for the past year has had states in the region studying ways to reduce greenhouse emissions through cleaner fuel and modes of transport.
Mindi Messmer, a former state Representative who ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for Congress, announced earlier this month her intention to seek the District 3 Executive Council seat.
Resulting climate and health adaptation plans from the Monadnock region focused on extreme weather, the Upper Valley on heat stress, and the Lakes and Seacoast Networks on Lyme disease.
New Hampshire’s 35 ski areas held a large piece of real estate in the trade show with booths for just about every ski area, raffles, giveaways, and information on what is new to help consumers select where to go this winter.
It looks like the Merrimack tolls will be eliminated starting Jan. 1 after a vote Wednesday by members of the Executive Council in their role as the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Intermodal Transportation.