The state budget process is moving from the House to the Senate and the public will have an opportunity to weigh in with their concerns and priorities likely the first week of May.
Business & Economy
Shaheen Condemns Firing of Entire HHS Staff Responsible for Energy Assistance Program
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During the coldest months of the year, LIHEAP is instrumental in helping Americans afford to heat their homes or replace a broken furnace in an emergency.
Business & Economy
NH House Approves New Energy Policy Without Offshore Wind
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The House also eliminated several offshore wind energy related offices from the Department of Energy in its session Thursday.
Energy
Eversource Energy Announces Sale of Aquarion Water Company
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Subject to certain closing adjustments, the aggregate enterprise value of the sale is approximately $2.4 billion, which includes approximately $1.6 billion in cash and $800 million of net debt that will be extinguished at closing.
Energy
Earthquake Off Maine Felt in NH; Seabrook Station Reports No Impact
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At 10:22 a.m. the earthquake hit a little over six miles off York Harbor, Maine, according to USGS. A spokesman for Seabrook Station nuclear power plant said there was no impact from the earthquake.
Arts and Entertainment
‘Acres of Clams,’ New Documentary Tells Story of the Clamshell Alliance
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The matter that grabbed headlines was the arrest of 1415 people who had peacefully taken over the construction site of a proposed nuclear power plant in Seabrook.
Courts & Corrections
Me and My President The Klugers Meet Joe Biden
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Samuel Kluger on the right and Lee Ann Kluger, his mother, speak with President Biden at WMUR in 2020.
Energy
Eversource Fires Back at Consumer Advocate on Credit Rating Downgrade
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Eversource officials are maintaining that the negative regulatory environment in Connecticut is the sole reason S&P Global Ratings downgraded its credit rating this week from A- to BBB+, and the utility fired back at the state’s Consumer Advocate for his criticism of them.
Energy
Eversource Gets Credit Rating Downgrade; Consumer Advocate Calls Response a Bit of Spin
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On Monday, S&P Global Ratings lowered the long-term issuer credit on the state’s largest utility, Eversource, from A- to BBB+.
Arts and Entertainment
Everyone’s Trash: One Man Against 1.6 Billion Pounds
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Duncan Watson explains the big lie from the plastics industry “is by default, that something should be recyclable because it’s got the chasing arrows on it.”