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- NE States Debate Sharing Costs For New Power Lines (11/13/13)
A rift has developed among New England states over who should pay for transmission lines needed to carry electricity from renewable energy projects.
- Utility says it would bury power lines for project in Vermont (10/31/13)
A proposal to bring high-voltage Canadian hydroelectric power through Vermont on 150 miles of buried transmission lines is welcome news to those who oppose the Northern Pass plan to import large-scale hydroelectric power through New Hampshire — largely on overhead power lines.
- Northern Pass holds Open House for residents of 4 towns (9/18/13)
LANCASTER — The Northern Pass Transmission project provided a chance on Tuesday, Sept. 10, for landowners and other stakeholders to learn some specific details about the overhead lines proposed to be erected on existing rights-of-way (ROW) in three Coös towns
- Plan in works to bury powerlines (9/17/13)
- Concord City Council wants input on Northern Pass (9/10/13)
CONCORD (AP) — The City Council in Concord, N.H., wants to weigh in on the impact of the Northern Pass power project in the city.
- Northern Pass says AMC’s “birds-eye view” videos misleading (11/6/13)
MANCHESTER — The series of videos that were developed by the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to show how great an impact the proposed Northern Pass Transmission lines towers would have within a half-mile of the project's right-of-way (ROW) from Pittsburg to Deerfield are misleading, say project spokesmen.
- Cape activists call for NStar to use goats to trim company’s power lines (9/20/13)
Nonprofit organization GreenCAPE sponsored an event today to protest plans to spray herbicide along power lines, by proposing grazing goats as a safer alternative.
- Polite opponents converse (9/18/13)
LINCOLN — Few phrases can start a debate like "Northern Pass." The controversial electric transmission proposal has created strong opposition in the region. Others in the North Country believe the project can benefit local communities.
- Editorial: Gains outweigh the costs for hydropower from Quebec (9/15/13)
The rolling hills of northern New Hampshire are among the treasures of New England, and the prospect of an elevated power line cutting across the face of these ranges instinctively seems distressing.
- Navy plans for Cutler station power cable raise concerns about power plant jobs, scallop fishery (8/29/13)
MACHIAS, Maine — The Navy’s plan to put a power cable under Machias Bay has generated concern among scallop fisherman, and has some questioning the number of jobs that may be eliminated when the communications station in Cutler connects to the power grid