Tag: HB142

Burgess Biopower: Upon Which I Wag a Finger at Kevin Avard and a Thanks to Chris Sununu

August 22, 2023August 22, 2023

by Skip

One of the ‘Grok mantras: Spank’em when they’re wrong and thank’em when they’re right. Generally, it’s Kevin getting the latter and Sununu the former. However, after years of elected representatives doing the Hidden Tax Tango and sending our monies to ‘burn” in the Burgess Biopower plant (whichuses low-grade wood to fuel its boilers to generate electricity), three things are clear.

light shining through trees original Photo by Wonderlane on Unsplash

It Would Cost NH at Least 135 million Less to Pay Burgess Biomass Workers to do Nothing Than to Renew the Planned Subsidy

August 22, 2023June 26, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

We’ve written about the high cost of NH Biomass energy and the redistribution math that costs ratepayers millions. Well, the Governor has a new bill on his desk that would sweeten the deal, but if this is about jobs, it would cost ratepayers less to pay the workers to do nothing.

Testimony on HB458 – Rolling Back SB142 – an Unconstitutional Unfunded Mandate

March 8, 2021

by Skip

Yesterday I thanked the elected NH House Republicans for “listening” to GraniteGrok and deciding to unwind SB142 another unfunded mandate. It mandated supplying menstrual products in school district bathrooms and locker rooms in violation of the NH Constitution, Article 28-a.