Energy
House Turns Down Renewable Energy and Climate Change Bills
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Utilities and fossil fuels did well Thursday in the House while renewable energy and preventing climate change did not.
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Utilities and fossil fuels did well Thursday in the House while renewable energy and preventing climate change did not.
Fifteen million dollars in funding for a new nursing home for Strafford County, $750,00 for a new child care center for Concord, more electric vehicle charging stations for Lancaster and Peterborough, and water projects for a number of communities were approved by the Executive Council Wednesday along with a proposal to change its controversial procedures for voting.
Broadband in the rural parts of the state got a gigabyte boost Wednesday as a $40 million contract was approved to help connect and improve connectivity for almost 25,000 homes and businesses.
Electric consumers are on default service if they do not – as 81 percent of Eversource customers don’t – exercise their right to buy power from a non-utility supplier.
Since Sunday, the energy company’s lineworkers and remote system operators have restored power to more than 255,000 customers in the Granite State, including some customers more than once.
Capital investment tools that could help create ways for commercial and multi-family units to be designed or made more efficient and environmentally resilient are being explored in this legislative session.
New Hampshire communities within the EPZ include: Brentwood, East Kingston, Exeter, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, New Castle, Newfields, Newton, North Hampton, Portsmouth, Rye, Seabrook, South Hampton and Stratham
The Republican majority in the New Hampshire Senate is focused on preserving the life and prosperity of “hardworking New Hampshire families” by keeping taxes low and providing services to the neediest.
What a year 2022 has been for the state’s beleaguered electric customers. Rates soared to astronomical levels – and now, you might conclude, our four utilities even managed to ruin Christmas for thousands and thousands of people.