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Links tagged “transmission lines”
- Understanding Northern Pass (12/13)
Is Northern Pass inevitable? Would we ever get used to it? The headlines focus on towers and power. But it's really a story about people and land.
(NH Magazine - January 2014)
- RISPC approves easements for Deepwater (12/6/13)
PROVIDENCE – Deepwater Wind will be allowed to land its transmission cable from the proposed Block Island Wind Farm at Scarborough State Beach
- NU completes $718M transmission project (11/26/13)
Two Northeast Utilities electric subsidiaries have completed the $718 million Greater Springfield Reliability Project transmission line both on-time and under budget
- House to vote on bill encouraging projects such as Northern Pass to bury power lines (11/13/13)
CONCORD — New Hampshire lawmakers will get a chance to vote on legislation that would encourage future developers of large electric transmission projects to bury their power lines along public rights of way.
- AMC videos project route’s visual impact (10/26/13)
The Appalachian Mountain Club, which opposes the proposed Northern Pass electric transmission line, has released a video it describes as a "bird's eye view" that shows the visual impact along the proposed 187-mile route.
- New England governors sign energy agreement (12/6/13)
Representatives of consumers and New England's largest utility reacted with cautious optimism Friday to a pact announced Thursday night that commits the governors of Connecticut and five other states to expand gas and electric transmission lines, without endorsing any specific project
- Northern Pass collects geotechnical information on proposed route (11/26/13)
CLARKSVILLE — The rhythmic thump of a drilling rig could be heard echoing alongside Route 3 on Tuesday morning, Nov. 19, near the 2,128-acre Washburn Family Forest that was acquired by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (SPNHF) in 2008
- Northern Pass collects geotechnical information on proposed route
CLARKSVILLE — The rhythmic thump of a drilling rig could be heard echoing alongside Route 3 on Tuesday morning, Nov. 19, near the 2,128-acre Washburn Family Forest that was acquired by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (SPNHF) in 2008.
- 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.
- Northern Pass: North Country resort’s claims ‘wrong’ (10/21/13)
CONCORD — Northern Pass partners have yet to submit their official response to a lawsuit filed by a North Country resort area that claims plans for the hydroelectric project could run them into bankruptcy.