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Coverage specific to energy matters.
National border security, the economy and inflation were among the issues that three of the 13 candidates for the Republican primary in the Congressional District 2 race got a chance to debate before a live television audience in a WMUR debate Thursday night.
Federal, regional and local electric industry officials and regulators failed to do their duties to ensure fair and reasonable electric rates, a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court claims.
The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee approved the request for one-time support for eight Federally Qualified Health Centers and one similar center to address the continuing impact from the COVID pandemic.
A public meeting is being planned in Pittsburg later this summer when the new owner of the 146,400-acre Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Tract will present a new version of its plan to cut wood for the next 10 years on land it has enrolled as a carbon credit farm, but which also has a state easement attached.
Attorney General John M. Formella announces that this week New Hampshire has joined a coalition of 25 states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to issue an emergency stay on the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recently-released new rule on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants.
Work will begin immediately on the summit of Mount Washington to assess its environmental condition and make recommendations to minimize the negative impacts on the fragile alpine zone into the future.
The idea of a solarize campaign is simple: the local volunteers agree to help potential customers understand the systems and to do free publicity for a solar installer. In exchange, the solar company can offer discounted pricing.
The operator of New England’s electric grid, says it should have enough power this summer under normal conditions, but warns climate change has made the region’s weather more volatile and less predictable.
NHEC is a member-owned electric distribution cooperative serving 86,000 homes and businesses in 118 New Hampshire communities.