AG Says NHEC Is Running ‘Competently’ While Wrapping Up Civil Rights Review of Board

While a review by the Attorney General’s civil rights unit into NH Electric Co-Op after two women members of the board of directors resigned in June citing sexism, Attorney General John Formella told the governor and Executive Council Wednesday that the member-owned utility is running “competently,” though there may be some suggested changes.

Projects in Portsmouth, Nottingham, Nashua and Summer Food for Kids on Council Agenda

Funding for projects in Londonderry to deal with PFAS contamination, to improve the Mendums Pond “high hazard dam” in Nottingham, complete a $1 million replacement of the Portsmouth Fish Pier and for the first time, allow for a summer food program for 44,000 of the state’s neediest children in 2025 are all on the agenda for an Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.