Hollis and Brookline Voters Ask the Tough Questions About New Hampshire’s Energy Future
- lizbarbour6
- 6 days ago
- 3 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
By Liz Barbour
At the Common Sense for NH candidate team’s first Community Conversation on New Hampshire energy policy, Hollis and Brookline residents heard directly from Representative Michael Vose and Senator Kevin Avard about the challenges affecting energy supply, reliability, and electricity costs.
Following the presentation, audience members submitted a wide range of well-informed questions. We are grateful to everyone who attended, and contributed to the discussion. Their questions demonstrated exactly why we created the Community Conversation series: to give local residents an opportunity to engage directly with the policymakers helping shape New Hampshire’s future.
Submitted Questions
The questions below were transcribed from handwritten cards submitted by audience members.
Natural gas pipe lines ere mentioned, can you also discuss the NHDeleries by ship and any impacts from the Jones Act?
What is the shelf life of the seabrook power station? How much longer will it be able to produce?
What is the story with the Time of Day Ratio? Will this affect everyone?
RGGI is a negative incentive to build energy infrastructure, yes? How can this be overcome without getting all eleven states to abandon RGGI?
What is the cost difference between small nuclear energy units vs large?
Does NH have the regulatory laws in place to allow/support a nuclear infrastructure?
Does NH have any plans to address peak or share peak so we can manage peak price?
What policies are we pursuing to create in-state energy to lower demand and lower costs?
Why haven’t we take advantage of hydropower from Canada?
Although the Jones Act has a relatively small impact on NE energy costs, it is not negligible. What is being done to exempt LNG shipment to NE?
What activity is there is there to promote wind, solar (lowest cost energy sources) and grid scale batteries?
When should we expect time of day electricity rates and what impact will they have on Net Metering?
What is the cost per MW with micronuclear vs. wind vs solar with utility scale storage?
Rep. Vose mentioned transmission congestion. What are your thoughts on use of grid-scale battery systems such as EOS Energy zinc batteries to help manage transmission congestion?
Please speak more about where we are with nuclear power development in NH.
solar cells have a life span. What are you doing about responsible disposal?
Are you passing (solar cell disposal) off to the manufacturers, not to town dumps or us, the taxpayer?
What is your take on the data centers-pros-con?
How will micro-nuclear nuclear lower our cost for electricity? Is avg cost lower than gas? How much?
58% energy comes from natural gas. What percent in NH comes from hydro dams, hydro Quebec, Comerford dam, brookfield power dams in Berlin etc.?
How much power comes from the wind mills in Mills Field, Dixville, and Plymouth?
Can we eliminate property taxes on residential solar and solar with batteries when power generation is made available for transmission to others? 1. Limit infrastructure development. 2. Generates power without emissions. 3. No capital cost to state or taxpayers-funded by the homeowner.
The Common Sense candidate team has two additional Community Conversations related to property taxes planned for September 15 and October 20, along with several Meet & Greet events at the Hollis Transfer Station. To receive event details, campaign news, and future announcements, be sure to sign up for email updates at our website, CommonSenseforNH.com.
