Bury or Stop Northern Pass

Dear Governor Hassan,

We applaud your efforts to date to defend New Hampshire's natural and cultural heritage from the proposed Northern Pass transmission line. Please join us in making sure that our children and grandchildren can pass this vital heritage on to their children and grandchildren. Please ask Northeast Utilities and Hydro-Québec either to bury the entire project in New Hampshire or stop it altogether.  

Everywhere we look we see proposals for new high-voltage, direct current transmission lines.  In Maine, Vermont, and New York, new north-south high-voltage direct-current lines are being proposed completely underground or underwater; even Hydro-Québec itself is advancing an underground transmission project to connect with New York. Everywhere we look we see new, innovative underground transmission technology proposals.  Everywhere except New Hampshire.

Governor Hassan, before you host the New England Governors and the Eastern Canadian Premiers here in New Hampshire this July, please make it clear that New Hampshire welcomes each of them to our magnificent state. But please also convey the message that we will insist on smart, well-planned energy projects that advance a clean energy future and we will not welcome any overhead extension cords like Northern Pass that provide little benefit to the state, at the expense of our natural and scenic resources.

Sincerely,

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  • John M. Connolly Jrabout 11 years ago Bristol NH
    bury the lines on state property. Win--Win. Also start burying existing power lines. Fewer power outages.
  • Kathy Kennyabout 11 years ago Plainfield NH
    I grew up on Diamond Pond. The whole area is still very special to me.
  • William Wilcoxabout 11 years ago Holderness NH
    So far my property in holderness has dropped from325k to 245k since the introduction of the northern pass. just say no, why are we going to be the extension cord for lower New England. this is why we live up north for the beauty of nature.
  • Sarah Pinneyabout 11 years ago Sugar Hill NH
    It is terribly important to me because the route that is proposed goes right through my property. I can't sell. No one wants to live next to high tension wires!!!
  • Mia Melansonabout 11 years ago Natick MA
    We have a home in New Hampshire in the White Mountains. We want to keep the White Mountains green with trees, and keep the air and outdoors pristine.
  • Heidi Rothabout 11 years ago Arlington MA
    Imagine the beautiful picture above with huge power lines running through it.....
  • Reed Cassabout 11 years ago Cromwell CT
    The natural beauty of NH need not be sacrificed when there is an alternative.
  • Glenn Wigginabout 11 years ago East Kingston NH
    I purchased nearly 300 acres in Stark for my retirement destination. My question to the State of NH and town of Stark is if the transmission lines go up do we eliminate the View tax?
  • Beverly Pietlickiabout 11 years ago Dover NH
    Because I love New Hampshire just the way it is, And we can all do better than this to improve our living conditions. The Northern Pass doesn't need to destroy our state's beauty.
  • Glenn Brittingabout 11 years ago Londonderry NH
    Our natural resources and scenic beauty are our state treasures. There is little to gain for the common NH good in this project. Burying the lines seems to solve the problem though.
  • Scott Crathernabout 11 years ago Hopkinton NH
    Towers are ugly and NH has had enough wind generators that are ugly. Bury it under rt 3 and I93.
  • Ann-Marie Heilmanabout 11 years ago Reading PA
    I love that part of the USA just the way it is - natural.
  • Lynn Spenleyabout 11 years ago Littleton NH
    2nd home owner, property in Littleton
  • Elizabeth Beanabout 11 years ago Wolfeboro NH
    I care about preserving the natural beauty of this state.
  • Stephen Hicksabout 11 years ago Deerfield NH
    Because other better solutions are available. This is purely a project about making money and not about green power.
  • Linda Brownsonabout 11 years ago Wentworth NH
    Hundreds of farms in our conservation districts would be adversely impacted, degraded, and devalued. A great number of these have been family farms for generations and form part of the cultural history of the state and the identity of its people.
  • Richard Mariniabout 11 years ago New Hampton NH
    There is no need or benefit for this type of electric service in the State of NH. There is also a possible health risk for our children.
  • Geoffrey Mazulloabout 11 years ago Haverill NH
    If Western European countries can bury their power lines, why can't we?
  • Valerie Loopleyabout 11 years ago NH NH
    As an area business person it would be a shame to ruin the views for the tourists, the only industry we have left in the area.
  • Linda McCrackenabout 11 years ago Marlow NH
    It destroys the beauty of NH. We are a state that attracts tourists and has gorgeous mountain scenery and wildlife. Let's keep it that way. T least bury it if it must go through the state.
  • Thomas McNamaraabout 11 years ago Rochester NH
    The electricity is merely being passed through for the economi gain and benefit of out-of NH people. You buried your lines elsewhere, bury them here or go somewhere else. In NH it is simple: you don't mess up our backyards to improve yours.
  • Kate Kingsley-Taylorabout 11 years ago Lakewood CO
    We must take care of what beauty is around us. How we get power could evolve in 20 years but the towers would still be there, a blight on the landscape. If they are buried, and if not needed, you know no one will pay to have them removed.
  • Bruce Clendenningabout 11 years ago Concord NH
    All other state in the region bury cables, why should we harm our forests' connectivity and viewsheds for a project that's more for corporate profit than NH's needs? Please don't approve Northern Pass as it is currently framed. It's bad for NH's future.
  • Jeffrey McKinnonabout 11 years ago Berwick ME
    I am a landowner in Colebrook N.H. This industry has hung wires from poles for over one hundred years now. It is an outdated process of delivering power with todays technology and resources. Bury the lines.
  • Peter Porterabout 11 years ago White River Junction VT
    Many things are best left alone. This is one of them

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