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Electrical Energy Storage in New Hampshire

November 9, 2020 - The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission recently opened Docket IR 20-166 to investigate the use and compensation of energy storage projects (ESPs) in New Hampshire. ESP technologies can include batteries, flywheels, compressed air energy systems, heat storage, or any other technology, system, or device capable of taking electricity and storing it as some form of […]

Trump Proposes Significant Rule Changes to Federal Agency NEPA Reviews

June 2, 2020 - In early January, the Trump administration proposed the largest changes to the federal regulations enacting the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) since it was first legislated approximately 50 years ago. NEPA is a federal environmental law that requires federal agencies to consider the environmental impacts of any agency actions. NEPA does not require an agency […]

COVID-19 UPDATE: Steps Toward Regulatory Relief from Environmental Compliance

March 31, 2020 - The novel COVID-19 pandemic creates an unprecedented dilemma for many businesses trying to maintain normal business operations in compliance with applicable environmental laws, rules, and permits. Social distancing, telework, shelter in place and other measures designed to slow viral transmission not only disrupts principal business and manufacturing operations but also creates new challenges for maintaining […]

EPA and DES Propose Novel Permit to Reduce Nitrogen Pollution to Great Bay Estuary

February 20, 2020 - Since Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, the United States has made tremendous progress in cleaning up our nation’s waterways. Infrastructure and technology improvements at municipal wastewater plants were fundamental in those changes. Prior to 1972, many cities and towns discharged raw sewage directly into adjacent rivers, lakes, and oceans. Building and upgrading […]

A Road Usage Fee For NH?

February 5, 2020 - Gas taxes have traditionally been the way to recover costs from motorists for the construction and upkeep of roadways and bridges. However, these revenues have declined steadily over the years as the number of electric powered and hybrid vehicles have increased, and as fuel economy standards and average city/highway fuel economy ratings of vehicles in […]

More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Coming To New Hampshire

January 22, 2020 - Since mid-2015, the number of electric vehicles registered in New Hampshire has nearly tripled from 835 to 2,366. With the increased popularity of electric vehicles owned by New Hampshire residents and tourists visiting the state, comes an increased need for more electric vehicle charging stations in New Hampshire. In response to this growing need, the […]

Is Renewable Energy Procurement Still An Option For New Hampshire?

January 2, 2020 - When Governor Sununu vetoed SB 167—a bill that would have created a commission to study renewable energy procurements in New Hampshire—it seemed that a renewable energy procurement was no longer a viable option for New Hampshire. However, recent events signal that a renewable energy procurement might still be an option for New Hampshire. What is […]

Offshore Wind Development in the Gulf of Maine Draws Closer

December 19, 2019 - The next step in the long process of building offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine happened last week at the University of New Hampshire in Durham before an overflow crowd: the first meeting of the Gulf of Maine Task Force, convened by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). See https://www.boem.gov/Gulf-of-Maine. The Task […]

Solar Thrives in New England

November 25, 2019 - Is it sunny enough in New England to reliably and economically sustain solar power? While we do have hot and sunny summers with what seems like long days, summer is over before we know it and our winters have much shorter days, a lot of snow, ice and sleet, and a lot of clouds. How […]

State Overhauls Wetlands Rules

November 12, 2019 - New Hampshire’s wetlands program is about to be transformed by a regulatory overhaul. After years of stakeholder meetings, a new set of wetlands rules adopted by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) will become effective on December 15, 2019. NHDES is conducting training sessions throughout the state to ready the regulated community, as […]

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