Town Meeting Tally (2013)

2011-2013 Tally of Towns Voting against Northern Pass: 33

(New 2013 Towns in Orange)

 Ashland, Bath, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Campton, Chichester, Clarksville, Colebrook, Columbia, (Concord*),  Dalton, Deerfield, Easton, Franconia, Effingham, Haverhill, Holderness, Jefferson, Lancaster, Landaff, Lincoln, Littleton, New Hampton, Northumberland, Orford, Pembroke, Pittsburg, Plymouth, Stewartstown, Stratford, Sugar Hill, Thornton, Wentworth, Woodstock 

*The Concord Planning Board unanimously voted to require Northern Pass to bury the lines in the city; the Conservation Commission unanimously voted to oppose the project altogether. This was not a full town meeting vote and is not included in the tally figure of 33.  

Towns Opposing Northern Pass in 2013

Deerfield opposed the project “as currently proposed," 796-443. A second article expressing a preference for the transmission lines to be buried passed 799-427.

For the third year in a row, Easton unanimously voted to appropriate funds to the Legal Expendable Trust Fund to represent the town's position regarding Northern Pass.

Lancaster voted against Northern Pass a second time.

(Concord, see note above.)

Towns Opposing Northern Pass in 2012

Eight towns have reaffirmed their 2011 opposition by passing new measures against Northern Pass; three new towns have expressed opposition.

Ashland
March 13
Oppose Northern Pass Project -- Passes.

Campton
March 13
LBO--Passes.

Clarksville

March 13

Town Line Burial Ordinance (LBO) passes:

"Other than high voltage electrical transmission lines in existence as of the effective date of this ordinance, there shall be no further overhead development of alternating current or direct current high voltage transmission lines within the borders of the Town of Clarksville. All such future electrical transmission lines must be placed underground within power line rights of way or within yet to be established power line corridors and installed in a manner approved by the State of New Hampshire's Public Utility Commission and/or Department of Transportation. Distribution lines carrying electrical power and other utility lines such as telephone and cable television for local residential or commercial use may continue to be installed above ground, but undergrounding of such lines is strongly recommended and encouraged. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage."

Colebrook

March 13
Line Burial Ordinance-- Passes.

Easton

March 13
Funds for Legal Expendable Trust fund -- passes.

Rights Based Ordinance regarding a sustainable energy furture and community self government

-- Passes (unanimous).

 

Franconia
March 13
Oppose Northern Pass project -- Passes.

Holderness
March 14
Line Burial Ordinance -- Passes.

Littleton
March 13
Oppose Northern Pass Project -- Passes

Plymouth
March 17
Rights Based Ordinance -- Passes (75-42)

Stewartstown
March 13
Line Burial Ordinance -- Passes

Sugar Hill

March 13

Rights Based Ordinance -- Passes (unanimous).

 

Towns Opposing Northern Pass in 2011

 

 

In Spring 2011, twenty nine towns voted to oppose Northern Pass: Bath, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Campton, Chichester, Clarksville, Colebrook, Columbia, Dalton, Easton, Effingham, Haverhill, Holderness, Jefferson, Lancaster, Landaff, Lincoln, Littleton, New Hampton, Northumberland, Orford, Pembroke, Pittsburg, Stewartstown, Stratford, Sugar Hill, Thornton, Wentworth, Woodstock.

A thirtieth town, Plymouth, registered opposition when the selectmen intervened in the Presidential Permit application.

 

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