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In what is shaping up to be the busiest period yet for lawmakers in 2011 session, the House will be in session twice next week to vote on dozens of bills — on Tuesday after Gov. John Lynch’s budget address to the Legislature and on Wednesday for its regularly scheduled session.
Two bills that we have reported on this session in Front Door Politics — one to cut state funding for public television and the other to cut the state’s rooms and meals tax rate — will have full House votes next week.
February 11th, 2011 | Posted in Arts & Culture,business taxes,Commerce,economy,Education,electricity,energy sector,Environment & Resources,Food & Drink,Government,media,media,Money,Property,renewable energy,rooms and meals,state budget,taxes,tourism,utilities,Weekly Briefing | Read More »
A bill to change how renewable energy is defined in New Hampshire has been derailed even before its first public hearing. Meanwhile, the move to repeal RGGI is on track for a full day of hearings Thursday.
February 7th, 2011 | Posted in Commerce,electricity,energy sector,land use,Property,utilities,Weekly Briefing | Read More »
Rep. Richard Barry (R-Merrimack) didn’t plan to stir up any controversy, or a “big to do” as he said, with his bill to alter the renewable energy portfolios law that passed with strong bipartisan support in 2007.
“I think this will level the playing field and simplify a complicated law,” said Barry of House Bill 302. Barry, who is also sponsoring a bill to repeal the state’s involvement in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, will find out how much of a “to do” will come from his proposal when he formally introduces it at a public hearing Tuesday in the House Science, Energy and Technology Committee.
February 4th, 2011 | Posted in Commerce,committees,electricity,energy sector,Environment & Resources,Government,land use,Property,renewable energy,utilities,Weekly Briefing | Read More »
An energy efficiency measure that passed just last year could be voted down by a House committee later today.
The Municipal & County Government Committee will hold an executive session on House Bill 144, which is sponsored by Rep. Carol McGuire (R-Epsom). It would repeal the law allowing cities and towns to create energy efficiency and clean energy districts.
January 27th, 2011 | Posted in Commerce,electricity,energy sector,Environment & Resources,Property,renewable energy,utilities,Weekly Briefing | Read More »
A likely flashpoint on the horizon for environmental and energy policy in the upcoming legislative session will be the proposal to repeal New Hampshire’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI.
Rep. Richard Barry (R-Merrimack) is so far the sole sponsor of the repeal bill. But we hear from Jim Rubens, an outspoken Republican environmentalist, that getting out of RGGI is part of his party’s agenda.
December 28th, 2010 | Posted in Commerce,electricity,energy sector,Environment & Resources,Government,Property,renewable energy,state budget,utilities,Weekly Briefing | Read More »
What’s next for energy policy in the wake of the recent mid-term elections? New Hampshire will see Republicans take control of the Legislature, and one of the outstanding policy questions will be if a bipartisan consensus remains to build on the wide range of energy efficiency and renewable energy programs recently created.
November 11th, 2010 | Posted in banking & lending,By the Issues,Commerce,electricity,energy sector,Environment & Resources,Money,Property,renewable energy,utilities,Weekly Briefing | Read More »
The EESE Board, which is connected to the state Public Utilities Commission, just turned two years old. One of its current projects is a comprehensive review of New Hampshire’s energy policies, although it won’t be doing this review itself. Rather, the PUC is hiring a consultant to do the review, and EESE got to choose the people who will pick the winning bid.
October 7th, 2010 | Posted in agencies & departments,Commerce,electricity,energy sector,Environment & Resources,Government,renewable energy,utilities,Weekly Briefing | Read More »
New Hampshire could see new jobs and renewable energy initiatives this summer, if a newly proposed amendment to a Senate bill is approved. But, that amendment also presents a number of complications.
The Senate Energy, Environment and Economic Development Committee will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 334 and the amendment on Thursday, March 4, in room 102 of the Legislative Office Building in Concord.
February 12th, 2010 | Posted in By the Issues,Commerce,electricity,energy sector,Environment & Resources,renewable energy,utilities | Read More »
Funding for renewable energy is generating a lot of discussion at the State House these days. And at least one legislator thinks another good place to bring it up is on residents’ electric bills.
Also this issue: requiring renewable energy, who pays for North Country grid upgrades, and 25 by ’25 …
March 14th, 2009 | Posted in By the Issues,Commerce,energy sector,Environment & Resources,renewable energy | Read More »
