HB 580 2/19/13:
A public hearing on HB 580 establishing moratoriums on wind turbine plants and electric transmission line projects was held before House Science, Technology and Energy Committee.

Harold Riley
Rep. Harold "Skip" Reillly of Bristol is the prime sponsor of the bill.

Jeanie Forrester
Sen. Jeanie Forrester of Meredith is a co-sponsor of the bill.

Kylee Rock
Kylee Rock of Tilton is a 5th grader and read a leeter she wrote about this topic.

Al Baldasaro
Rep. Al Baldasaro of Londonderry is a co-sponsor of the bill.

Gene Chandler
Rep. Gene Chandler of Bartlett is a co-sponsor of the bill.

Rick Ladd
Rep. Rick Ladd of Haverhill is a co-sponsor of the bill and calls for approvals from a commmunity before a project moves forward.

Jeff Woodburn
Sen. Jeff Woodburn of Dalton lent his support to the bill

Rick Samson
Coos County Commissioner Rick Samson of Stewartstown shared a letter from the Pittsburg selectmen supporting the bill and offered his own analysis of foreign-owned energy projects in NH.

Doug Patch
Attorney Doug Patch from Orr & Reno law firm representing TransCanada opposed the bill.

Julie Moran
Julie Moran of Colebrook supports the bill.

Tyler Eaton
Tyler Eaton of Nottingham is a member of IBEW Local 104 and opposes the bill.

Pamela Charon
Pamela Charon of Plymouth offered some questions for the committee to consider.

Derwood Miller
Derwood Miller of Plymouth asked the committee to consider visual impacts and is also in the real estate business.

Dennis Cashman
Dennis Cashman of Bridgewater stressed the importance of independent research.

Paul Simard
Paul Simard of Bristol was on the SB361 commmission.

Douglas Baums
Douglas Baums of Nottingham and member of IBEW opposed the bill.

Debi Warner
Debi Warner of Littleton spoke of the economics of the North Country and supports the bill.

Charles Gorman
Carles Gormann spoke of his travels around the world and energy policies and supports the bill.

Andy Martin
Andy Martin of Manchester spoke in favor of the bill.

Kevin McCaffery
Kevin McCaffery of Bristol highlighted the lack of wind in NH.

Jason Leuze
Jason Leuze of Farmington is a union worker who opposes the bill.

Rebecca Brown
Rebecca Brown of Sugar Hill supports the bill.

Elizabeth Tuck
Elizabeth Tuck of Thornton supports the bill.

Nancy Martland
Nancy Martland of Sugar Hilll talked about our NH.

Chris Williams
Chris Williams is president of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce and opposes the bill.

Nancy Watson
Nancy Watson shared experiences of homeowners living near towers.

Mike Licata
Mike Licata of the NH Business & Industry Association opposes the bill for fear of how it could impact the Renewable Portfolio Standards.

Meredith Funston
Meredith Funston represents Camp Onoway on Newfound Lake and supports the bill.

Janet Cote
Janet Cote of Bristol supports the bill.

Thomas Anninger
Thomas Anninger of Campton supports the bill.

Dave Dobbins
Dave Dobbins of Gilford supports the bill.

Fred Ward
Fred Ward of Stoddard is a meteorologist and supports the bill.

Catherine Corkery
Catherine Corkery of the NH Sierra Club opposes the bill.

Mary Allen
Mary Allen of Antrim supports the bill and points out lessons learned from the fight in their town.

James Hoyt
James Hoyt of NH Wind Watch supports the bill.

Michael Bednaz
MichaelBednaz of Bridgewater supports the bill.

Tom Colgan
Tom Colgan is the president and CEO of Wagner Forest Management opposes the bill.

Catherine Talbott
Catherine Talbott of Manchester shares a letter supporting the bill.

Elizabeth Dragon
Franklin City Manager Elizabeth Dragon opposes the bill and was heckled during her testimony.

Michael Capanara
Michael Capanara of Franklin opposes the bill and wishes that the issues of wind turbines and Northern Pass could be separated.

Anthony Fitzhebert
Anthony Fitzhebert of Campton supports the bill.

Larry Goodwin
Larry Goodwin of Hebron supports the bill and discusses energy conservation.

Murray Campbell
Murray Campbell of Bristol supports the bill.

Kevin Onnela
Kevin Onnela of Lempster is the landowner of the first windfarm in NH and was heckled at the end of his testimony.

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Talked about solar.

Jeff Bishop
Jeff Bishop of EDP Renewables opposes the bill.

Andrew Connelly
Andrew Connelly of Bristol is a captain of the Newfound Lake Region Association's ecotours and supports the bill.

Robert Pilaf
Robert Pilaf of Alexandria supports the bill and discussed the loss of local control.

Ron Magoon
Ron Magoon of Loudon opposes the bill.

Ken Merrifield
Mayor Ken Merrifield of Franklin spoke in opposition to the bill.

Jennifer Tuthill
Jennifer Tuthill of Alexandria supports the bill.

Jessica Hatch
Jessica Hatch of Danbury supports the bill.

Craig Sanborn
Craig Sanborn of Enfield Center is also the AMC trailmaster for Cardigan Mountain and supports the bill.

Michael Krak
Michael Krak of Whitefield supports the bill.

Susan Arnold
Susan Arnold of the AMC supports the bill.

Lawrence Delangis
Lawrence Delangis of Bridgewater is the owner of the Innn on Newfound Lake.

Gene Bank
Gene Bank of Bridgewater supports the bill.

William Wideman
William Wideman of the Newfound Lake Region Association supports the bill.

Marcosa Santiago
Dr. Marcosa Santiago of Rumney talked about her concernes for windfarms and supports the bill.

Lori Lerner
Lori Lerner supports the bill.

Lorraine Block
Lorraine Block of Antrim spoke in favor of the bill.

Russell Blair
Russell Blair supports the bill.

Claude Levesque
Claude Levesque of Deerfield opposes the bill.

Joe Wilkes
Joe Wilkes of Bridgewater supports the bill.

Tom Mullen
Tom Mullen is the owner of the Owl's Nest Resort and supports the bill and talked about how the threat of Northern Pass has shuttered his business (at least temporarily).

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