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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Why is this important?

  • Dudley Bakerabout 11 years ago Hancock NH
    People go to the White Mountains to see the views, not power lines.
  • William Dugasabout 11 years ago Sanbornton NH
    NH has an Important natural resource, its forests, I believe in protecting this resource at all costs.
  • Faith Kimballabout 11 years ago Dummer NH
    My road crosses a power line that Northern Pass intends to use. I will see towers from my house. We don't want to see these huge towers anywhere! Bury it!
  • Clay Dingmanabout 11 years ago Bristol NH
    As a resident of New Hampshire and frequent user of White Mountain Forest trails, Northern Pass would obliterate viewscapes I hold sacred.
  • Anita Cravenabout 11 years ago Easton NH
    Towers are a blight on the landscape. Where there are viable, reasonable, better alternatives, the alternatives should be followed.
  • Mary Tyrrellabout 11 years ago Hamden CT
    I am a UNH graduate, owned a home in Kearsarge for 10 years, and have hiked all over the White Mountains, finishing the 4000 footers in 2006. The NH landscape is gorgeous, and I'd really hate to see such an intrusion into the places I love so much.
  • Susan Bristolabout 11 years ago Aliso Viejo CA
    The pristine beauty of the mountains must be saved. Northern NH is a very special place, it must be protected.
  • Katharine Wolfeabout 11 years ago Glen Mills PA
    The visual impact of the area needs to be preserved.
  • Joseph Lukemanabout 11 years ago Bristol NH
    Preserving the natural beauty of NH is critical. That is what makes NH different. We can not afford to lose this characteristic.
  • John Giardielloabout 11 years ago Garrison NY
    We own property in New Hampshire and spend time there to escape the hustle and bustle of New York. The scenic views are breath taking and once damaged can not be replaced.
  • Ivan Quinchiaabout 11 years ago Hebron NH
    I think that conservation, high efficiency heating & cooling equipment and improving the thermal envelop of existing buildings is a better way of meeting our carbon foot front goals.
  • Nancy Nachazel-Thompsonabout 11 years ago Thornton NH
    Why are we even having this debate? It's a no brainer to put the lines underground or halt the project altogether!
  • Joseph Ritzabout 11 years ago Sioux Falls SD
    We love and continually return to enjoy the beauty of NH.
  • Sarah Sidorabout 11 years ago Campton NH
    We live 4/10 of a mile from the proposed path. The proposed path is only a 1/2 mile from the elementary school. I worry about the health of my children and the children in the town. I also worry about what this will do to our home value..
  • Jeanne Northabout 11 years ago Concord NH
    We need to protect our natural resources and develop a regional renewable energy plan!
  • Francis La Branche, Jrabout 11 years ago Northfield NH
    Preserving the state's landscape integrity for future generations.
  • Philip Griffinabout 11 years ago Nashua NH
    I hike, fish and hunt in NH forests.
  • Harriet Harriet Taylorabout 11 years ago Franconia NH
    I resent big corporations believing they can overpower the individual. And to think they can ruin the landscape and spoil our heritage is not to be tolerated!
  • Richard Bernadabout 11 years ago Londonderry NH
    Valuable natural resources should not be permanently scarred because of a private company's greedy interests.
  • James W Pasmanabout 11 years ago Lisbon NH
    We are open space conservationists dedicated to responsible use and "husbandry" of our environment
  • DOLLY HESSabout 11 years ago HENNIEKER NH
    PRESERVE THE BEAUTY OF NH.
  • Sheila Welchabout 11 years ago Exeter NH
    We can have adequate power in NH without harming our beautiful environment. Let's bury our major transmission lines.
  • James Edgellabout 11 years ago Pittsfield NH
    Because we need to protect our State and it's natural resources. We need to come up with a strong renewable energy resource plan that is for the good and welfare of all. Work together to form a scope that we can take into the future.
  • Wayne Kingabout 11 years ago Rumney NH
    This project has no redeeming features. It is wrong from an energy policy perspective as well as a travesty on the land. It should not be built period. Burying the lines is the least they can do.
  • Andy Smithabout 11 years ago Littleton NH
    There are so many better alternatives to this plan. PSNH has blinders on so that they are only considering options that allows them to profit off their ROWs.

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