Sen. Erin Hennessey: Keep Berlin's BioPlant running

When it comes to New England’s base-load power supply, the minimum amount of total power we need to keep our electric grid running each day, there is an alarm sounding. Unfortunately, we cannot afford to just hit snooze and go back to bed. We have to wake up. We must protect all New Hampshire’s power plants, including Burgess BioPower in Berlin.

Last year, Texas was tragically forced into rolling power blackouts due to a catastrophic failure of its power infrastructure. In fairness to Texas, they aren’t used to prolonged cold snaps driving up demand for electricity every winter. In the Granite State, we are used to winters that test our electric power production and distribution systems. Yet some of our recent actions have undercut the reliability of our power grid.