CLF Continues to Mislead the Public on Northern Pass

It’s unfortunate but not surprising that the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) continues to mislead the public on the Northern Pass project. The project has previously responded to CLF’s delaying  tactics and its flawed study questioning the environmental benefits of hydro … Continue reading

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NU updates financial analysts on project

Northeast Utilities (NU), the parent company of Northern Pass Transmission LLC, today announced that the project has acquired, or has under agreement, about 99 percent of the property necessary to announce a new proposed route; and, that the project team … Continue reading

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Good progress made toward proposing a new route

Northeast Utilities executives today expressed confidence that the Northern Pass project is on track and moving forward. In a call with financial analysts, NU noted that significant progress has been made working with landowners to identify a new route north … Continue reading

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New Environmental Consultants Selected for Northern Pass

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Northern Pass last week entered into a memorandum of understanding with a new team of environmental consultants to lead the environmental impact statement process for the project as required by the National Environmental … Continue reading

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Comment period officially extended by US DOE

A notice published today in the Federal Register announces that the U.S. Department of Energy has extended the comment, or “scoping,” period for the project. The extension is in anticipation of a new route being identified for the area from … Continue reading

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DOE expected to extend comment period

We haven’t seen an official posting in the Federal Register yet, but NH Public Radio is reporting today that the US DOE will extend its comment period on The Northern Pass, in anticipation of a new route being proposed for … Continue reading

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US DOE adds FAQs re its work on project EIS

The U.S. Department of Energy this week posted to its project website two new documents which may be of interest: Frequently Asked Questions – regarding its work in producing an Environmental Impact Statement Interpretive Guidance on the Requirements of (the … Continue reading

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Project response to CLF call to halt the process

Today we filed with the U.S. Department of Energy our response to an earlier call by the Boston-based Conservation Law Foundation to halt the current project permitting process. The CLF has asked the DOE to instead produce a single, broad … Continue reading

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Comment Period Extended to June 14

The U.S. Department of Energy has extended the public comment period on The Northern Pass project to June 14, 2011.  The DOE notice was published recently in the Federal Register, and includes details on how to provide comments to the … Continue reading

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VIDEO: Gary Long on Today’s Update

Earlier today, The Northern Pass transmission project updated its filing with the US Dept. of Energy. In this video, PSNH President Gary Long discusses some of the changes.

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