Tentative Tally of Attendance and Comments at DOE Hearings on Northern Pass*
September 23-27, 2013
Concord, September 23
Attendance: 600
Comments in favor of Northern Pass: 21
Comments opposed to Northern Pass: 44
Plymouth, September 24
Attendance: 675
Comments in favor of Northern Pass: 8
Comments opposed to Northern Pass: 48
Whitefield, September 25
Attendance: 350
Comments in favor of Northern Pass: 3
Comments opposed to Northern Pass: 55
Colebrook, September 26
Attendance: 275
Comments in favor of Northern Pass: 2
Comments opposed to Northern Pass: 37
Total attendance: 1900
Total comments: 218
Total comments in favor of Northern Pass: 34
Total comments opposed to Northern Pass: 184
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Percent of total comments in favor of Northern Pass: 15%
Percent of total comments opposed to Northern Pass: 85%
*Counts will be adjusted, if necessary, when the DOE publishes a written transcript of the hearings.