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- Videos emerge that drive petitions against Northern Pass (8/2/14)
Three two-minute videos on YouTube have helped conservation groups drive nearly 7,000 people to sign a “Bury or Stop Northern Pass” petition online.
- Feds to study about two dozen possible Northern Pass routes (5/3/14)
The U.S. Department of Energy will review about two dozen alternatives for the proposed Northern Pass project, including burying power lines under waterways or roads or connecting with transmission lines in neighboring states.
- CL&P says (mostly) no to tree-trimming halt (3/14/14)
Connecticut Light and Power will not be curtailing most of its more radical tree trimming temporarily as requested earlier this week by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
- CL&P to start $218M transmission project (3/4/14)
Electric utility Connecticut Light & Power will start work in the coming weeks on its $218 million transmission line through the eastern portion of the state, in order to improve power reliability in southern New England.
- N. England governors seek 3,600MW of clean energy (1/23/14)
The six New England governors petitioned regional power grid administrator ISO New England for more transmission lines to bring 1,200 to 3,600 megawatts of clean electricity into the area
- Eastern Canadian Premiers And New England Governors Meet Amid Energy Protests (7/14/14)
New Hampshire is hosting the latest summit between the governors of the New England states and the Premiers of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. The conference takes place Monday at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, and follows a similar meeting held in Quebec last September.
- New England seeking to tap Canadian hydropower (3/25/14)
A 300-mile power cable line would be buried on land and run underwater from Maine to Boston in a proposal to tap Canada's hydropower for power-hungry southern New England.
- PURA to hold tree trimming public hearings (3/4/14)
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority will hold two public hearings in New Britain and Hamden as part of its review of utility tree trimming plans.
- Cutting Connecticut’s trees sparks disagreement (1/29/14)
Eric Hammerling has a bumper sticker on his car that says: “don’t blame the trees.” It refers to power outages – like the massive ones since 2011 after the tropical-style storms Irene and Sandy, and a variety of blizzards and nor’easters.
- N.H. delegation asks feds for alternate power routes (1/14/14)
New Hampshire’s congressional delegation yesterday asked the U.S. Department of Energy to provide details of alternative routes for a proposal to run electrical transmission lines from Canada to southern New Hampshire.