Power plants work to block Northern Pass | Hartford Business

Power plants work to block Northern Pass | Hartford Business:

"Rappaport proposed legislation that would have prevented utility companies from using eminent domain when installing non-reliability-based transmission lines, such as the Northern Pass project. That legislation passed the New Hampshire House of Representatives but was tabled by the state Senate. Still, Rappaport is working on four more bills that would block Northern Pass in New Hampshire.

While Rappaport’s base is residents concerned about having a transmission line ruin their views and their property values, he’s also received support from various power plants that oppose Northern Pass. The state’s four biomass plants in Bethlehem, Tamworth, Alexandria and Bridgeport, which employ 120 total workers, worked to pass Rappaport’s legislation."