Connecticut
Congressman Christopher Murphy announced legislation to allow the Town of Canton to refurbish and operate the idle dams located in the Collinsville section of town. It is reported that the refurbished dams could power 2,000 homes. Well done.
Meanwhile Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is pressing forward on several issues involving alleged excess electricity charges from within and outside the state.
The Northeast Utilities Service Company which included the Connecticut Light & Power Corp is seeking to obtain Canadian hydropower by constructing a transmission tile line connecting to Hydro Quebec.
Rhode Island
The R.I. office of Recovery and Reinvestment is participating with the D.O.E. to obtain industry-led investments to develop, deploy and test modernized processes to improve the hydropower infrastructure and “increase both the quality and value of the hydropower generation.”
The Pawtucket Blackstone River Project is the first hydro project in Rhode Island to earn certification as a “Low Impact Plant”
Massachusetts
There are already numerous hydropower installations supplying power to Massachusetts. In 2009 these will provide 366,000 Megawatthours of electricity and considerably more large and small scale projects are in the planning stage.
New Hampshire
The “Granite State” hydropower system produces electricity at the annual rate of 513,000 Megawatthours. Plans are to greatly increase this capacity. The Granite State Hydropower Association sees present needs to improve the efficiency and size of existing installations while waiting for the economy to stabilize to the point where investment funds will once more be available for the development of the smaller horizontal flow plants and newer technologies.
It too sees considerable interest in obtaining power from Quebec and Ontario.
And then there’s Maine --- see next issue.
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