Activists in New York defeated the Constitution pipeline in 2020 and are gearing up to fight the proposal again. The project was cancelled once and will continue to face opposition because the pipeline company has not been able to prove that their project is necessary or will bring prices down. The cost of fracked gas has been volatile and expensive, especially compared to recent solar and wind prices.

While Eversource has a policy to not shut off families’ electricity in the height of the winter, they don’t have that policy during the worst heat of the summer. Activists are planning to collect signatures and ask Eversource to change their moratorium policy to include peak summer heat in the future.

The state agencies responsible for ensuring rates are ‘just and reasonable’ have failed us. The mock hearing was hosted in part because the NH DOE did not offer any public hearing or information session themselves. 

Residents of New Hampshire gathered in Arms park to hear speeches about the impacts that rate hikes have on our communities, and the ways that utility companies use their money and political power to keep rates high and polluting energy on the grid. Then, residents walked down Commercial Street to Eversource Energy’s office and hung a banner with messages from the community on it - namely “Polluting power - we’re not buying it.” 

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