U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (left) held a listening session Friday at New Hampshire Electric Cooperative headquarters in Plymouth, where NHEC President/CEO Steve Camerino (right) detailed the company’s efforts to expand access to high-speed internet. (COURTESY PHOTO)
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (left) held a listening session Friday at New Hampshire Electric Cooperative headquarters in Plymouth, where NHEC President/CEO Steve Camerino (right) detailed the company’s efforts to expand access to high-speed internet. (COURTESY PHOTO)
PLYMOUTH — On Friday, United States Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Plymouth headquarters of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) to discuss the Co-op’s efforts to expand high-speed internet access to rural New Hampshire and highlight federal funding opportunities in the American Jobs Plan to support future investments.
Vice President Harris was joined by U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, and met with NHEC representatives and Lempster Select Board Chair Phil Tirrell. Last year, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and appeals from its members, NHEC secured two grants from the Connecting New Hampshire Emergency Broadband Expansion Program. Those grants supported the construction of fiber-optic networks in Lempster, Colebrook, Stewartstown and Clarksville. Through its subsidiary NH Broadband, NHEC is now providing nearly 1,000 previously unserved members with access to high-speed internet.
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