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The Conservation Law Foundation, town of Durham and a group of Durham residents have asked state regulators to reconsider their decision to grant Eversource a certificate to build an unpopular 13-mile transmission line from Madbury to Portsmouth.
March 5, 2019 | https://indepthnh.org/2019/03/05/groups-seek-rehearing-of-unpopular-seacoast-reliability-project-approval/“The SEC members who approved this project do not live in any of the towns directly impacted – Madbury, Durham, Newington, and Portsmouth,” Ann Hyland Hebert said.
December 10, 2018 | https://indepthnh.org/2018/12/10/moment-of-truth-regulators-approve-seacoast-reliability-project-amid-citizen-concerns/The project costs would be included in all New England transmission rates because it is a reliability project approved by ISO (Independent System Operator)-New England.
November 9, 2018 | https://indepthnh.org/2018/11/09/seacoast-reliability-project-deliberations-to-begin-nov-28/It includes a one-mile buried section under Little Bay which is controversial due to Eversource’s preferred burial method and environmental concerns.
August 28, 2018 | https://indepthnh.org/2018/08/28/seacoast-reliability-project-hearings-to-begin-despite-motion-to-suspend/Intervenors will consider appealing.
February 1, 2019 | https://indepthnh.org/2019/02/01/regulators-release-seacoast-reliability-project-order-with-conditions/Residents and leaders of Newington and Durham mostly oppose the project believing it will affect Little Bay’s water quality and negatively impact historic sites, property values and aesthetics.
December 6, 2018 | https://indepthnh.org/2018/12/06/secs-concord-deliberations-moving-quickly-on-seacoast-reliability-project/On Thursday, the committee agreed that the project won’t have an unreasonable adverse effect on aesthetics, air quality or historic sites.
November 29, 2018 | https://indepthnh.org/2018/11/29/testimony-shows-public-trust-an-issue-in-seacoast-reliability-project/After 17 adjudicative hearings, state regulators began Wednesday deliberating the fate of the Seacoast Reliability Project – a 13-mile high-voltage transmission line proposed to run from Madbury to Portsmouth.
November 28, 2018 | https://indepthnh.org/2018/11/28/deliberations-begin-in-concord-on-84m-seacoast-reliability-project/The project would run from Portsmouth to Madbury, going through Durham and Newington.
November 7, 2018 | https://indepthnh.org/2018/11/07/eversource-seeks-to-reopen-record-on-seacoast-reliability-project/