Public Scoping Meeting- Plymouth 9/24/13:
The U.S. Dept. of Energy held the second of a series of Public Scoping Meetings on the Northern Pass Project. They held their second one in Plymouth. There were approximately 675 in attendance.

Brian Mills
Senior Planning Advisor, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability at the Dept. of Energy gave the opening remarks about how the process works, what they will consider from the testimony given, and the public comment periods.

Fran Wendelboe
Supports Northern Pass- resident of New Hampton talked about wind energy being bad and claimed the 361 Commission concluded burial was too expensive.

Jeanie Forrester
Opposes Northern Pass- State Senator from Meredith refuted Fran Wendelboe's assertion of the 361 Commission's finding.

Ed Gionet
Supports Northern Pass- State Rep. from Grafton District 5.

Jeb Bradley
Opposes Northern Pass- State Senate Majority Leader.

Tony Giunta
Supports Northern Pass- former mayor of Franklin talked about carbon reduction policies of the Obama Administration.

George Dzujna
Supports Northern Pass- Franklin City Councilor talked about property tax benefits.

RayShakir
Supports Northern Pass- member of the North Conway Planning Board called opponents "subverisives" and "very, very ignorant".

Kelly Monahan
Opposes Northern Pass- Grafton County Registrar of Deeds says she witnesses devastation of properties.

John Laverack
Opposes Northern Pass- Vice Chair of Holderness Board of Selectmen read a letter to Brian Mills.

Marsh Morgan
Opposes Northern Pass- Campton Selectman asked about how it would affect the cover on a local landfill.

Leigh Webb
Supports Northern Pass- says wind and solar energy is good too.

Ken Merrifield
Supports Northern Pass- Mayor of Franklin says electric power does not know state borders.

Douglas Boyd
Supports Northern Pass- Frankin City Councilor says there is a need for the power.

Ricia McMahon
Opposes Northern Pass- Sutton Selectman talked about the "jump off" point in Franklin and why we need to bury it to protect towns.

Suzanne Smith
Opposes Northern Pass- State Rep. of Grafton District 8 says the legislature should work on solutions.

Martha Richards
Opposes Northern Pass- Grafton County Commissioner talked about selling "pimped power".

Elisha Gray
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of New Hampton talked about some indisputable facts.

Peter Martin
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Plymouth says the Presidential Permit application violates the law.

Pam Martin
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Plymouth says talks about habitual lying by the project.

Annie Schneider
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Plymouth says PSNH is totally oblivious.

Anthony Fitzhebert
Opposes Northern Pass- talked about EMF and cancer.

Alexis Inan
Opposes Northern Pass- - has no faith in the process.

Dave Rivers
Opposes Northern Pass- concerned about above-ground lines.

BobTuveson
Opposes Northern Pass- says there are lots of underground projects.

Gail Beaulieu
Opposes Northern Pass- says Northern Pass doesn't tolerate opposing views.

John Groos
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Holderness says that homes near the power lines don't sell (partial audio).

Leann Moulder
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Holderness has problems with the applikcation and existing ROWs.

Pam Charon
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Plymouth talks about why we don't allow for big hydro projects in the USA.

Gretchen Draper
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of New Hampton asked DOE to study a few points.

Fred Brownson
Opposes Northern Pass- asked DOE about vulnerabilities to the power grid.

Mike Morino
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Holderness read a statement writtenj by his neighbor before he died.

Tom Mullen
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Campton talked about the loss of property values at the Owl's Resort he owns.

Ron Willoughby
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of N. Haverhill talked about life on the power lines.

Mark McCullock
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Stratford and was on the original proposed route

Susan Arnold
Opposes Northern Pass- from the Appalchian Mountain Club urges DOE to study all alternatives.

Steve Sabre
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Easton talked about the Kinsman ridge ecosystem.

Richard Honeywell
Opposes Northern Pass- urges respect of the natural heritage of NH.

Lewis Alito
Opposes Northern Pass- questioned the trustworthiness of the project.

Dave Dobbins
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Gilford refutes the projects "key benefits".

Neil McIver
Opposes Northern Pass- Plymouth Selectman.

Dick Hage
Opposes Northern Pass- says forever scars are not acceptable for our children.

David Darlington
Opposes Northern Pass- owns property in Litchfield, Groton and Columbia and asked are we here for another flawed application.

Elizabeth Turk
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Thornton discussed reliability of underground.

Deb Renyolds
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Plymouth and former state senator calls for dismissal of the application.

Sally Davis
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Thornton talked about grid capacity and micro grids.

Sandra Jones
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Holderness talked about Northern Pass goes against regional conservation efforts.

Christopher Hunt
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Northfield asks about common sharing of poles.

Steven Pasgucci
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Franklin expressed concerns about Hydro-Quebec's business practices.

Tom Hoyer
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Concord got involved because of eminent domain.

Alex Hearst
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of N. Brunswick, NJ and is a PSU student talked about how Northern Pass threatens his "home".

Mary Lee
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Northfield is a teacher and is still learning.

Bob Martin
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of New Hampton says hell no.

Lynn Chong
Opposes Northern Pass- says don't trash NH because more will come.

John Cooley
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Center Sandwich talks about the White Mountain National Forest.

Paul Devenique
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Quebec and says there is hope.

Harry Hintlian
Opposes Northern Pass- resident of Ashland addresses Tom Wagner as a personal friend.

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