AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoHospice Funding Push: Granite VNA launched the community phase of its $2 million Legacy & Promise campaign to renovate and refresh Hospice House in Concord and strengthen its endowment, aiming to reach the remaining 20% after private gifts hit $1.6 million. Grid Resilience Upgrade: Eversource and Dartmouth Engineering won a U.S. Department of Energy SPARK award to expand grid capacity using dynamic line rating and thermal field sensing across about 4,000 miles in NH, CT, and MA. Storm & Power Readiness: A nor’easter battered the Northeast with flooding and outages, with NH coast officials tracking high surf, wind, and minor coastal flooding risk. Vehicle Emissions Testing Fight: NH’s move to end mandatory vehicle inspections faces new legal objections tied to claims that state modeling overstated pollution impacts from removing the program. Energy Affordability Pressure: CMP warned that uncertainty in its Maine rate case could delay reliability and modernization projects, while diesel price volatility is squeezing regional transit budgets. Clean Energy Advocacy: 350NH highlighted progress against coal and urged local climate action at the 5th Annual Environmentalist Summit. Road Tolls Transition: Rolling roadblocks are set for Bedford toll removal work as NH shifts toward all-electronic tolling. PFAS Push: Sen. Maggie Hassan joined a reintroduced bill to ban PFAS “forever chemicals” from food packaging.
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