What does the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee’s rejection of Northern Pass really mean?

During public hearings, the SEC received more than 3,000 statements from individuals. Nearly 95 percent of this input was opposed to the project, leaving no question where the people of the municipalities along the Northern Pass route stand.

In addition, of the 31 towns located along the project’s route, 29 were opposed to the project. Most towns had rejected the Northern Pass project via warrant articles passed at town meeting, petitions, letters and having administrators and/or representatives testify during public hearings. Many towns cited inconsistencies between the proposed project and their community’s master plan. Others spoke to negative impacts on goals identified by their town’s conservation commissions.

The SEC was left with little doubt that Northern Pass was unwelcome along nearly the entire route.

Addressing potential impacts on property values, the SEC did not find the Northern Pass study or witness, Dr. James Chalmers, credible. Chalmers did not include businesses, agricultural properties or vacant lands in his study. Chalmers also testified before the SEC that properties located more than 100 feet from the project’s route would not have appreciable impact on their property value.

In the words of one SEC member, “This simply doesn’t pass the straight-face test.”

More here:

http://www.concordmonitor.com/Northern-Pass-and-the-SEC-15285989

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Comment by Long Islander on February 7, 2018 at 1:26pm

$24 worth of beads says it all Eric. 

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on February 7, 2018 at 12:19pm

Though LePage believes that Hydro Power from Hydro-Quebec is a vital source of energy for the needs of Maine and Southern New England, he opens the Door of an interconnection transmission (collection) line for Wind/solar from Maine's Western Mountains.

Though he has placed a Moratorium on Wind Turbine erections in the State, maybe not today, but someday in the near future when Wind Power may once again become the best Bribe on the market the collection line will already exist if this project is allowed.

Nothing related to this NW line is related to Maine's Needs as to electrical energy when it meanders its way south to approx. Lewiston then heads South to Southern New England.

Maine Legislators are hoodwinked into believing it is for Maine Power Reliability however in the end when looking at the Mapping of these competing projects they all serve to create reliability of power to the south. One specific proposed competing project is the Atlantic Link. How on Gods Green Earth, can anyone believe it to be otherwise. 

None of this is in the best interest of Maine, its people, its land or environment. Temporary Jobs for a Permanent destructive claim to Maine, we are in the position of receiving $24 worth of beads, not for a Manhatten Island, but an entire State.

Comment by Dan McKay on February 7, 2018 at 11:30am

Central Maine Power Company (CMP or the Company) strongly urges the Commission to continue the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) proceeding, without dismissal, suspension or delay, because the Massachusetts Section 83D RFP bid selection is not final and there is a real and significant chance that CMP’s NECEC Project will ultimately be selected as the winning bidder in the RFP. As discussed below, this outcome is even more likely now that the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee (NH SEC) has denied approval of the Northern Pass Project. In light of this development and the continued highly competitive environment for transmission project proposals, it is vital that CMP be allowed to pursue the requisite approvals for the NECEC Project to ensure that the Project can continue to compete on a level playing field and meet its in-service commitment of December 2022.

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on February 4, 2018 at 6:35pm

Judith Judson, the state’s Department of Energy Resources commissioner, gave Eversource Energy and two other electric utilities one week to figure out if Northern Pass remains viable after a stinging rejection from a key New Hampshire committee or else consider moving on to another transmission project.

That could mean that the state and the utilities could choose another project to bring clean power to the state, perhaps via power lines through Maine, Vermont, or even by underwater cable directly from Canada.

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Comment by Dan McKay on February 4, 2018 at 9:34am
Comment by Dan McKay on February 3, 2018 at 11:01am

Yesterday' Boston Globe :

"The Baker administration appeared to distance itself from the controversial Northern Pass transmission line on Friday, one day after the project was dealt a potentially fatal blow.
Judith Judson, the state’s Department of Energy Resources commissioner, gave Eversource Energy and two other electric utilities one week to figure out if Northern Pass remains viable after a stinging rejection from a key New Hampshire committee or else consider moving on to another transmission project."
"That could mean that the state and the utilities could choose another project to bring clean power to the state, perhaps via power lines through Maine, Vermont, or even by underwater cable directly from Canada."

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/02/02/disputed-power-proj...

 

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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

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