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Powering the Granite State
"Power too cheap to meter." If you were doing business in NH in the 1970s, you remember those words with a wry smile or an inward groan. Backers of the proposed Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant portrayed it as a source of nearly limitless, cheap energy. As you've noticed glancing at your electric bill recently, it didn't quite work out that way.
In the 1990s, energy costs still topped NH's concerns. Deregulation was the buzzword. Introduce competition into the market, supporters said, and prices will fall. Deregulation is a work in progress. ...See the full content of this document
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