BOW — Granite Shore Power announced Wednesday a historic agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in which the parties have set a firm date for the voluntary closure by GSP of operations at Merrimack Station, New England’s last remaining coal-fired power plant, as well as Schiller Station.
This agreement will facilitate the creation of first-of-their-kind “Renewable Energy Parks” in the state of New Hampshire.
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