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Split testimony before Senate committee over bill to add state review of transmission “asset condition” projects
Summary
In hearings on SB 5 18, utilities, the Department of Energy, the consumer advocate and conservation attorneys debated whether New Hampshire should add state-level review of transmission "asset condition" projects—supporters say it protects ratepayers and local interests; opponents say it duplicates FERC/ISO review and risks delay and higher costs.
Concord — Witnesses at a Senate Energy & Natural Resources hearing on SB 5 18 sharply disagreed over whether the state should add a role for the Site Evaluation Committee and other state actors in reviewing so-called "asset condition" transmission projects.
Supporters, led by the state consumer advocate and local activists, described the projects as large, regionally coordinated investments that have proceeded with little scrutiny of need or cost. "It appears to be an attempt by DOE and others to provide the illusion of regulation of asset condition projects while allowing Eversource to continue building its asset condition projects and charging them to ratepayers," said Chris Pastoreza during public comment. Donald Creese, the state consumer advocate, said Eversource’s X178 replacement began after 40 of 400 poles suffered woodpecker damage and the company proposed replacing the entire line, at…
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