Two proposals to allow New Hampshire utilities to take a more active role in producing power for the grid were endorsed by their respective chambers last week. The bills are among others put forward this session as a way to bring down New Hampshire’s high energy costs. But what they propose has polarized lawmakers and […]

Gov. Kelly Ayotte issued an executive order Thursday directing the state Department of Energy to create a “nuclear roadmap” for New Hampshire. “Increased use of nuclear generation could significantly reduce regional greenhouse gas emissions while providing reliable household power,” the order reads.  It directs the New Hampshire Department of Energy to identify a path toward […]

A bill that passed the New Hampshire Senate earlier this year proposes something that might sound familiar: funneling millions from the Renewable Energy Fund, designed to finance investment in green projects statewide, into the general fund. That was one of the many provisions of last year’s biennial budget trailer bill, House Bill 2, which was […]

A bill that would allow electric utilities to own a certain quota of fossil fuel and nuclear generation was endorsed Tuesday by a second House committee. The proposal would enable utilities to own natural gas and nuclear generation for the first time since a turn-of-the-century shakeup in utility regulation removed power generation from their domain. […]

Gov. Kelly Ayotte had a list to rattle off. Facing state lawmakers for her first “State of the State” address Thursday, one year after taking office, the Republican governor trotted out a litany of checked-off policy goals. Last year, she signed a package of pro-housing zoning bills; rolled back a bail reform law she had […]

New Hampshire Republicans are attempting to do away with a 50-year-old property tax exemption for households and businesses with solar, contending that the policy forces residents without the clean energy systems to unwittingly subsidize those who have them. Supporters of the exemption, however, say this argument is misleading, insulting, and at odds with New Hampshire’s […]

For years, a team of experts has traveled from tiny town to tiny town in New Hampshire, helping the communities plan and execute clean energy strategies. Now the idea has secured federal funding to expand nationwide — a notable win as the Trump administration claws back billions of dollars for decarbonization policy. The $3 million in funding was […]